Wounded and dead sailors from the cablelayer, HMTS Monarch are disembarked from HMCS TRENTONIAN in Portsmouth on 13 June 1944. TRENTONIAN and Monarch had been involved in a deadly friendly fire incident when an American destroyer, USS PLUNKETT opened fire on the two allied ships, mistaking them for enemy e-boats off the Normandy coast. TRENTONIAN […]
HMCS MAYFOWER Passing French Cruiser MONTCALM
HMCS MAYFLOWER steams past the French cruiser MONTCALM in the American sector of the Normandy Beachhead during the invasion of Normandy in June 1944. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Ralph O’Brien, RCNVR. (RTL-ROB019)
Landing Craft Infantry
Landing Craft Infantry off Normandy in June 1944. Photo taken from HMCS WASAGA. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Ross Milligan, RCNR. (RTL-REM145)
Shoreleave Cherbourg, France
Two sailors from HMCS TRENTONIAN rejoin their shipmates after finding an open store in Cherbourg in September 1944. The French Port had been liberated shortly before this photo and had been heavily damaged in the fighting, most stores were still closed. Roger Litwiller Collection, Allen E. Singleton, RCNVR photo, courtesy Bruce Keir, RCNVR. (RTL-BK134)
TRENTONIAN Anchored Cherbourg
HMCS TRENTONIAN anchored outside of Cherbourg, France in the “false hull” camouflage scheme, September 1944. The maple leaf on her funnel is visible and her name board has been hung on the railings above the depth charge throwers. The corvette’s pennant number has been partially removed by censors. Roger Litwiller Collection, Allen E. Singleton, RCNVR […]
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)
HMS CAPETOWN
HMS CAPETOWN an old Carlisle class cruiser built in 1922, off Omaha beach on 7 June 1944. She has been stripped of her main guns and has been assigned as Captain Southbound, controlling all ship traffic to the American beaches. For ease of recognition her name has been painted in large white letters on the […]
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)
Friendly Fire Incident
The cableship HMTS Monarch’s radio compartment is riddled with splinter damage following a friendly fire incident off Normandy on 13 June 1944. The cable layer and her escort, HMCS TRENTONIAN came under fire from USS PLUNKETT. Roger Litwiller Collection, Allen Singleton Photo, courtesy Bruce Keir, RCNVR. (RTL-BK096)
Shoreleave Cherbourg
Several of HMCS TRENTONIAN’s officers enjoy their visit to Cherbourg on 4 October 1944. This was the corvettes first shore leave in France and the recently liberated French port. In the background you can see the rubble from the intense fighting that took place in the city. Pictured left to right: Warrant Engineer Hamilton Hindle, […]