Leading Seaman Roger J. Oulette is painting one of HMCS ARVIDA’s rope ladders. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Howard Abbott, RCNVR. (RTL-HA096) If you enjoy the content I create and find value in the articles on this website, please feel free to click on the coffee icon on the bottom right of the webpage and “Buy […]
HMCS SHAWINIGAN
HMCS SHAWINIGAN (2nd), Kingston class, Maritime Coastal Defence Vessel, at the HMC Dockyard in Halifax on 1 July 2012. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Roger Litwiller. (RTL14146) If you enjoy the content I create and find value in the articles on this website, please feel free to click on the coffee icon on the bottom right […]
RCN Sailors at Port Arthur, ON
Group of RCN sailors ready to ship out at the CPR station in Port Arthur (now Thunder Bay), ON, sometime between 1943 and 1945. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Allan “Bud” Bruder, RCNVR. (RTL-AB005) If you enjoy the content I create and find value in the articles on this website, please feel free to click on […]
Harbour Hopper Sail Past
The Halifax Harbour Hopper passes HMCShips MONTREAL and PRESERVER at the RCN Dockyard on 31 August 2015. Roger Litwiller collection, courtesy Roger Litwiller. (RTL13293) If you enjoy the content I create and find value in the articles on this website, please feel free to click on the coffee icon on the bottom right of the […]
“The Wedding” -HMCS TRENTONIAN
HMCS TRENTONIAN was at the forefront of the invasion operations, her crew had been on continuous escort duties for almost 50 days without leave. To show their dismay to TRENTONIAN’s skipper, the crew had set aside several days ration of rum, and in the middle of the English Channel while escorting another convoy to Normandy, […]
Sisters of the Space Age
HMCShips IROQUOIS and ATHAABASKAN (right) alongside in HMC Dockyard, Halifax on 5 September 2015. Roger Litwiller collection, courtesy Roger Litwiller. (RTL53701) If you enjoy the content I create and find value in the articles on this website, please feel free to click on the coffee icon on the bottom right of the webpage and “Buy […]
HMCS MAYFLOWER Pom-Pom Gun
RCN Sailor with HMCS MAYFLOWER’s aft Pom-Pom Gun. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Ralph O’Brien, RCNVR. (RTL -ROB015) If you enjoy the content I create and find value in the articles on this website, please feel free to click on the coffee icon on the bottom right of the webpage and “Buy me a Coffee!” Your […]
HMCS CHICOUTIMI
Victoria class submarine, HMCS CHICOUTIMI is assisted by RCN tug Glendale during a cold move from Victoria, BC to CFB Esquimalt on 15 September 2019. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Roger Litwiller. (RTL04979) If you enjoy the content I create and find value in the articles on this website, please feel free to click on the […]
HMCS PRINCE DAVID
HMCS PRINCE DAVID moves through the crowded Normandy beachhead, during invasion operations. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Ralph O’Brien, RCNVR. (RTL -ROB006)
MV ASTERIX
MV ASTERIX is being made ready for it’s first deployment with the Royal Canadian Navy and transit to the West Coast on 12 March 2018. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Roger Litwiller. (RTL26678)