Troop ship anchored near HMCS TRENTONIAN with French Canadians soldiers, begins to disembark soldiers into landing craft on 7 June 1944 off the Normandy beachhead. When the Canadian soldiers noticed the Maple Leaf on TRENTONIAN’s funnel the soldiers cheered their navy brothers, which was promptly returned by corvettes ship’s company. Roger Litwiller Collection, Allen E. […]
HMCS WASKESIU
Painted in a disruptive camouflage scheme, HMCS WASKESIU, River class frigate passes HMCS TRENTONIAN in Lough Foyle in May 1944. The famous Canadian frigate had attacked and sunk the German submarine, U-257 earlier in the year. Roger Litwiller Collection, Allen E. Singleton, RCNVR photo, courtesy Bruce Keir, RCNVR. (RTL-BK68)
Gunnery Practice
To keep a Ship’s Company at peak fighting efficiency, every opportunity to train was used to hone the sailors skills and ability. Â In this picture, the forward gun crew practices loading HMCS TRENTONIAN’s 4 inch gun while in Londonderry harbour in May 1944, just prior to the corvette’s participation in the invasion of Normandy. Roger […]
Minesweeping Operations
Sailors from HMCS WASAGA take a break during minesweeping operations off the coast of France in 1944/45. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Ross Milligan, RCNR. (RTL-REM112)
31st Minesweeping Flotilla Badge
HMCS WASAGA’s funnel with the 31st Minesweeping Flotilla badge. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Ross Milligan, RCNR. (RTL-REM109)
HMCS TRENTONIAN’s Invasion Convoy
Labelled by Bruce Keir as Milford Haven, Whales, other members of TRENTONIAN state this was a photo of the Convoy they escorted from Oban, Scotland to Normandy for the Invasion in May/June 1944. Â The convoy is made up of worn-out merchant ships and old warships stripped of their weapons and fittings, they are to be […]
HMCS IROQUOIS -Ile d’Yeu
On August 26 1944, HMCS IROQUOIS met a small boat from Ile d’Yeu, a small channel Island. On board was the local school teacher who stated the Germans had left the Channel Island the day before. In their retreat the post office, radar installations and lighthouse had been destroyed, nineteen citizens and the mayor were […]
Hospital Ship
Unidentified Hospital Ship, possibly in the English Channel 1944. Photo taken from HMCS MAYFLOWER. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Ralph O’Brien, RCNVR. (RTL-ROB020)
“The Wedding”
TRENTONIAN’s crew “blow off some steam.” With continuous operations in support of the invasion and no shore leave the men decide to have a party in the form of a wedding. Reading from the “Good Book of Seamanship,” Raymond Lounsbury in the black toque acts as Padre with Joe Gosskie behind him, Jim Rickard is the […]
HMCS MAYFLOWER -Operation Neptune
The invasion areas are crowded as HMCS MAYFLOWER passes all sorts of vessels involved in the landings on 7 June 1944. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Ralph O’Brien, RCNVR. (RTL-ROB047)