North Atlantic Convoy, date/location unknown, photo taken from HMCS MAYFLOWER or TRENTONIAN. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Ralph O’Brien, RCNVR. (RTL-ROB074)
Unloading Merchant Ships
Unloading large cargo from Merchant Ships in a UK Harbour, photo taken from HMCS MAYFLOWER. Unknown date/location. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Ralph O’Brien, RCNVR. (RTL-ROB031)
HMCS ARVIDA Refueling in Convoy
While escorting a convoy on the North Atlantic, HMCS ARVIDA takes on fuel from a tanker in the convoy in August 1943. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Howard Abbott, RCNVR. (RTL-HA091)
Troop Ship Portsmouth
Troop ship boarding soldiers for transport to Normandy at Portsmouth in June 1944. Photo taken from HMCS TRENTONIAN. Roger Litwiller Collection, Allen E. Singleton, RCNVR photo, courtesy Bruce Keir, RCNVR. (RTL-BK107)
Convoy from RCN Corvette
Convoy of Merchant ships taken from unknown corvette, possibly HMCS MAYFLOWER. Unknown date/location. Roger Litwiller Collection -Photo courtesy Raymond Leslie Ried, RCNVR. (RTL-RLR036)
Merchant Ships
Merchant ships at anchor in unknown port, photo taken from HMCS MAYFLOWER. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Ralph O’Brien, RCNVR. (RTL -ROB026)
SS Corner Brook
SS Corner Brook secured alongside the Bowater Pulp and Paper Mill in Corner Brook, NF in 1943. There is a large tug boat and corvette making steam, secured ahead of Corner Brook. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Ross Milligan, RCNR. (RTL-REM287)
Busy Harbour -Horta, Azores
The harbour at Horta in the Azores is busy during war as HMCS WASAGA makes a stop, with a Pan-American flying boat and Liberty Ship in February 1944. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Ross Milligan, RCNR. (RTL-REM151)
SS Royalite
SS Royalite, owned by Imperial Oil Ltd in Sydney Harbour in 1942. The merchant ship was built in 1916 in Collingwood, ON and made history as the first tanker built in Canada. The Laker was immediately pressed in to ocean service during the First World War, making several Atlantic crossings. Later, Royalite returned to war […]
RCN Corvette and Convoy
An RCN Corvette with convoy, possibly HMCS SHAWINIGAN, unknown date/location. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Raymond Leslie Reid, RCNVR. (RTL-RLR025)