HMCS HAIDA is dressed overall for dedication as the Royal Canadian Navy’s Ceremonial Flagship on 26 May 2018 in Hamilton, ON. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy of Roger Litwiller. (RTL67597)
Painting HMS PUNCHER’s Anchor
HMS PUNCHER at Vancouver to be finished to RN standards, February to May 1944. A lone sailor is over the side in a bosun’s chair, painting the escort aircraft carrier’s anchor, takes a close look at his spotters above on the foc’s’le. HMS PUNCHER was one of two escort aircraft carriers manned by the RCN […]
Ready for Home
Sailors in HMCS SASKATCHEWAN’s ships company wait on the upper deck as their ship returns to Esquimalt at the end of the Far East Cruise in 1965. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Brian Rideout. RTL-BR061)
RCN Corvette Sailor
RCN sailor from HMCS TRENTONIAN in 1944. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy of Jack Harold, RCNVR. (RTL-JH076)
HMCS MONTREAL
HMCS MONTREAL is moved from her slip with assistance of RCN Harbour Tugs on 31 August 2015. Roger Litwiller collection, courtesy Roger Litwiller. (RTL13333)
RCN Chiefs and PO’s -Bermuda
RCN Chiefs and PO’s at Bermuda in 1944. Allan “Bud” Bruder is second on left. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Allan “Bud” Bruder, RCNVR. (RTL-AB022)
HMCS PRESERVER
HMCS PRESERVER sits along the jetty at HMC Dockyard in Halifax, 26 June 2011. Surrounded by a busy Halifax harbour, RCN Tug GLENBROOKE is leaving the harbour while in the fog behind her, Theodore and the Halifax ferry can be seen. Roger Litwiller Collection, Photo by Roger Litwiller. (RTL60997)
HMCS DRUMHELLER’s Gunshield Art
HMCS DRUMHELLER’s gunshield art as designed by her ships company. Painted on the corvettes forward 4 inch gun, it depicts the devil beating on a fiery drum. The photo was taken in St. John’s NF in 1943. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Ross Milligan, RCNR. (RTL-REM173)
HMCS ST. JOHN’S
With the wind mills from Wolf Island off the starboard side, HMCS ST JOHN’s approaches Kingston, ON on 20 October 2019. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Roger Litwiller. (RTL06954)
Ready to Launch -HMCS TRENTONIAN
HMCS TRENTONIAN ready for launching on 1 September 1943 at Kingston Shipbuilding, Kingston, Ontario. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Hank Winsor. (RTL-HW006)