HMCS CARAQUET, Bangor class minesweeper assigned to the 31st Minesweeping Flotilla in 1944. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Ross Milligan, RCNR. (RTL-REM004)
Allan “Bud” Bruder in HMCS PORTAGE
Allan “Bud” Bruder (right) with a shipmate aboard HMCS PORTAGE in early 1944. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Allan “Bud” Bruder, RCNVR. (RTL-AB009)
HMCS WASAGA in Refit
Bangor class minesweeper, HMCS WASAGA in drydock in Dartmouth, NS sometime in 1943. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Ross Milligan, RCNR. (RTL-REM089)
HMCS QUINTE Refloated
HMCS QUINTE has been patched and refloated after striking Horse Head Rock in Cape Breton, ten days earlier on 30 November 1942. She will be towed to the wall of St. Peter’s Canal to stabilize the ship. QUINTE’s stretch of bad luck is not quite over as she will roll onto her beam ends and […]
HMCS WASAGA in Refit
Ross Milligan (sitting) with ship mate, Wm. Weaver at Dartmouth, NS while their ship HMCS WASAGA is in refit behind them in 1943. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Ross Milligan, RCNR. (RTL-REM086)
HMCS WASAGA Shipmates
HMCS WASAGA shipmates, Ross Milligan (right) with Wm. Weaver in St. John’s, Newfoundland in 1942. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Ross Milligan, RCNR. (RTL-REM088)
HMCS WASAGA’s Bridge Iced
With only a single window cleared on HMCS WASAGA’s bridge and her upper-works encased in ice, the minesweeper steams off Halifax in 1944. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Ross Milligan, RCNVR. (RTL-REM076)
HMCS GOOSE BAY Sunrise
HMCS GOOSE BAY anchored off Cobourg, Ontario at sunrise on 6 July 2016. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Roger Litwiller. (RTL69646)
HMCS BAYFIELD
HMCS BAYFIELD, Bangor class minesweeper, underway with her ship’s company lining the rails.  She was assigned to the 31st Minesweeping Flotilla as a Dan Layer. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Ross Milligan, RCNR. (RTL-REM003)
Painting Ship HMCS WASAGA
Sailor from HMCS WASAGA puts the finishing touches on the minesweepers pennant numbers during paint ship routine in 1942. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Ross Milligan, RCNR. (RTL-REM065)