This past week marked an incredible milestone in Canadian shipbuilding history. On 20 September 1943, twelve Canadian built ships were launched simultaneously from shipyards across the nation! During WWII, Canadian industry, mobilized to building for Victory. One of the largest and most important projects was a National Shipbuilding Program. Early in the war the enemy […]
Merchant Ships in St. John’s, NF.
Tanker in St. John’s Harbour, NF in 1942. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Ross Milligan, RCNR. (RTL-REM050)
2016 -TOP 10 RCN PHOTOS
Personal Blog by Roger Litwiller This has been a very productive and fortunate year for me. I have had the good fortune to be able to attend Battle of Atlantic services in Halifax and Ottawa. I was honoured to attend the service and committal ceremony in HMCS MONTREAL off Halifax’s Point Pleasant Park on the […]
An Open Letter to Steven Harper, Justin Trudeau, Thomas Mulcair and Members of Parliament on Canada’s Maritime Affairs.
As fall comes to Canada, we find ourselves in another federal election and each of you is on the campaign trail, diligently working towards re-election or election to a seat in our House of Commons. The election will fall on 19 October; three days shy of the first anniversary of a horrific day in our […]
HMCS MARGAREE
HMCS MARGAREE -River class destroyer, was lost in collision with M/V Port Fairy on the North Atlantic on 22 October 1940. At the time of her loss she had 176 sailors in her ship’s company, 142 were killed with thirty-two survivors. MARGAREE had commissioned into the Royal Canadian Navy only a few weeks earlier on […]