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Arctic Shore Leave -HMCS WASKESIU

May 5, 2023 by Roger Litwiller

Arctic Shore Leave -HMCS WASKESIU

Sailors from HMCS WASKESIU enjoy a run ashore in Kola Inlet, Russia prior to escorting Arctic Convoy RA59, 23 to 28 April 1944. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Austin Chater, RCNVR/RCNR. (RTL-AC032)

Filed Under: Photo of the Day Tagged With: Arctic Convoy, Battle of Atlantic, Frigate, HMCS, HMCS WASKESIU, Kola Inlet, Naval History, Navy, RCN, River class frigate, Roger Litwiller, Royal Canadian Navy, Russia, ships, WWII

HMCS SUDBURY’s Sailors

May 4, 2023 by Roger Litwiller

HMCS SUDBURY’s Sailors

Three sailors from HMCS SUDBURY on the corvettes foc’s’le in 1942. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Ross Milligan, RCNR. (RTL-REM022)

Filed Under: Photo of the Day Tagged With: Battle of Atlantic, corvette, HMCS, HMCS SUDBURY, Naval History, Navy, RCN, Roger Litwiller, Royal Canadian Navy, WWII

Sunrise Over HMCDockyard Halifax

May 4, 2023 by Roger Litwiller

Sunrise Over HMCDockyard Halifax

HMCShips MONTREAL and ATHABASKAN alongside at the HMC Dockyard in Halifax on 5 September 2015. Roger Litwiller collection, courtesy Roger Litwiller. (RTL53592)

Filed Under: Photo of the Day Tagged With: CPF, Destroyer, Halifax, HMC Dockyard, HMCS, HMCS ATHABASKAN (III), HMCS MONTREAL, Naval History, Navy, RCN, Royal Canadian Navy, ships

Battle Damaged Barracuda -HMS PUNCHER

May 3, 2023 by Roger Litwiller

Battle Damaged Barracuda -HMS PUNCHER

The damaged Barracuda of Lieutenant Cornish, returns to HMS PUNCHER following a minelaying operation off Haugesund Fjord, Norway on 22 February 1945. HMS PUNCHER is a Canadian manned escort aircraft carrier. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Howard Abbott, RCNVR. (RTL-HA039)

Filed Under: Photo of the Day Tagged With: Barracuda, Battle Damage, Battle of Atlantic, Escort Aircraft Carrier, Flight Operations, HMS, HMS PUNCHER, Naval History, Navy, North Atlantic, Norway, RCN, RN, Roger Litwiller, Royal Canadian Navy, Royal Navy, WWII

HMCS MACKENZIE

May 2, 2023 by Roger Litwiller

HMCS MACKENZIE

HMCS MACKENZIE, Mackenzie class DDE backs away from the jetty at Esquimalt departing on a Far East cruise in 1965. MACKENZIE was accompanied by HMCS SASKATCHEWAN and HMCS BEACON HILL. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Brian Rideout. RTL-BR001)

Filed Under: Photo of the Day Tagged With: CFB Esquimalt, Cold War, Destroyer, Far East Cruise 1965, History, HMC Dockyard, HMCS, HMCS MACKENZIE, Mackenzie class destroyer escort, Maritime Forces Pacific, Naval History, Navy, RCN, Roger Litwiller, Royal Canadian Navy, ships

Haul Away Together

May 1, 2023 by Roger Litwiller

Haul Away Together

Sailors in HMCS TRENTONIAN ready to hoist the ship’s whaler back on board in 1944-45. Roger Litwiller Collection, Allen E. Singleton, RCNVR photo, courtesy Tom Farrell, RCNVR. (RTL-TF072)

Filed Under: Photo of the Day Tagged With: Battle of Atlantic, corvette, HMCS, HMCS TRENTONIAN, Naval History, Navy, North Atlantic, RCN, Roger Litwiller, Royal Canadian Navy, ships, WWII

RCN and RCAF Aircraft

April 30, 2023 by Roger Litwiller

RCN and RCAF Aircraft

RCN and RCAF aircraft at the Shearwater Aviation Museum Airpark on 6 December 2021. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Roger Litwiller. (RTL00681)

Filed Under: Photo of the Day Tagged With: Aircraft, Canadian Naval Air Service, CFB Shearwater, Cold War, Naval History, Navy, RCAF, RCN, Roger Litwiller, Royal Canadian Air Force, Royal Canadian Navy, Shearwater Aviation Museum

HMCS ARVIDA

April 29, 2023 by Roger Litwiller

HMCS ARVIDA

HMCS OTTAWA (2nd) and HMCS ARVIDA (foreground) in Larne, Scotland, August 1943. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Howard Abbott, RCNVR. (RTL-HA070)

Filed Under: Photo of the Day Tagged With: Battle of Atlantic, corvette, Destroyer, HMCS, HMCS ARVIDA, HMCS OTTAWA (II), Naval History, Navy, North Atlantic, RCN, Roger Litwiller, Royal Canadian Navy, WWII

St. Lawrence II with CNAV MERRICKVILLE

April 28, 2023 by Roger Litwiller

St. Lawrence II with CNAV MERRICKVILLE

Brigantine St. Lawrence II and RCN Tug MERRICKVILLE in Halifax Harbour for the Tall Ships Rendezvous for Canada 150 Celebrations on 28 July 2017. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Roger Litwiller. (RTL83357)

Filed Under: Photo of the Day Tagged With: Brigantine, Canada 150, CNAV, Halifax, History, HMC Dockyard, MERRICKVILLE, Naval History, Navy, RCN, Roger Litwiller, Royal Canadian Navy, Sailing Ships, ships, St. Lawrence II, tugboat, Ville class Tug

HMCS WASAGA Collision

April 27, 2023 by Roger Litwiller

HMCS WASAGA Collision

Ross Milligan stands in the hole in HMCS WASAGA’s port side created when the danlayer HMS SURSAY had sliced into the minesweeper on 11 April 1945. The collision hit the seaman’s mess and playing cards can be seen strewn on the deck. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Ross Milligan, RCNR. (RTL-REM130)

Filed Under: Photo of the Day Tagged With: Bangor class, Battle of Atlantic, Collision, Damage Control, History, HMCS, HMCS WASAGA, HMS SURSAY, Minesweeper, Naval History, Navy, Normandy, RCN, RN, Roger Litwiller, Royal Canadian Navy, Royal Navy, ships, WWII

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