Unidentified RCN sailor in HMCS PORTAGE in early 1944. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Allan “Bud” Bruder, RCNVR. (RTL-AB010)
Memorial Day Newfoundland
HMCS WASAGA’s ships company marches in the Memorial Day Parade in Curling NF on 4 July 1943. Memorial Day commemorates the sacrifice of the 1st Newfoundland Regiment during WWI at the Battle of Beaumont-Hamel and held on the anniversary of the first day of the Battle of the Somme. Curling is now a suburb of […]
HMCS WASAGA Minesweeping Gear
HMCS WASAGA’s minesweeping gear in 1944. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Ross Milligan, RCNR. (RTL-REM118)
HMCS WASAGA Out of the Water
HMCS WASAGA, Bangor class minesweeper, on the marine railway at Dartmouth, NS in 1943. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Ross Milligan, RCNR. (RTL-REM091)
Stern View HMCS WASAGA
Aft view of HMCS WASAGA in 1942 in Pictou, NS. Her after pair of twin 0.5 inch machine guns are easily seen. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Ross Milligan, RCNR. (RTL-REM029)
RCN Sailors St. John’s, NF
Lew Evans and Lew Theriault from HMCS WASAGA, skating at Quiddy Vidi Lake in St. John’s, NF in January 1943. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Ross Milligan, RCNR. (RTL-RM320)
Trafalgar Square -Shore Leave
Two sailors from HMCS WASAGA, Ross Milligan on the left, take a moment on shore leave to feed the pigeons in Trafalgar Square, London in 1944. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Ross Milligan, RCNR. (RTL-REM125)
HMCS WASAGA Sailors
HMCS WASAGA sailors, Wm. Black, Ross Milligan and Wm. Weaver in St. John’s in 1942. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Ross Milligan, RCNR. (RTL-REM035)
HMCS COWICHAN
HMCS COWICHAN, Bangor class minesweeper assigned to the 31st Minesweeping Flotilla. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Ross Milligan, RCNR. (RTL-REM007)
Ross Milligan, RCNR.
Surrounded by a multitude of ice sculptures, Ross Milligan stands on HMCS WASAGA’s deck off Halifax in January 1943. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Ross Milligan, RCNR. (RTL-REM078)