A critically injured sailor is transferred into HMCS TRENTONIAN. Roger Litwiller Collection, Allen E. Singleton, RCNVR photo, courtesy Bruce Keir, RCNVR. (RTL-BK102)
HMCS TRENTONIAN
HMCS TRENTONIAN at Milford Haven, freshly painted in the Admiralty Disruptive paint scheme in July 1944. Roger Litwiller Collection, Allen E. Singleton, RCNVR photo, courtesy Bruce Keir, RCNVR. (RTL-BK026)
HMS WARSPITE
HMS WARSPITE off Spithead, September 1944. Photo taken from HMCS MAYFLOWER. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Ralph O’Brien, RCNVR. (RTL -ROB065)
Hospital Ship -Portsmouth
British Hospital Ship NAUSHON arriving Portsmouth from Normandy in July 1944. Photo taken from HMCS TRENTONIAN. Roger Litwiller Collection, Allen E. Singleton, RCNVR photo, courtesy Bruce Keir, RCNVR. (RTL-BK115) This photo and collection have been gathered from the crew of HMCS TRENTONIAN and have been used by Roger Litwiller to create the book, White Ensign […]
LST-376 off Normandy
Landing Ship USS LST-376 sails past HMCS MAYFLOWER off the Normandy beachhead on 7 June 1944. Two days later on 9 June, this landing ship was torpedoed and sunk by German Torpedo Boats S172, S174, S175 and S187 in the English Channel. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Ralph O’Brien, RCNVR. (RTL-ROB053)
A.B. O’Brian -HMCS TRENTONIAN Mascot
HMCS TRENTONIAN gained a new crew member in May 1944 in Londonderry when this dog wandered into the corvette and voluntarily stayed aboard. Quickly adopted as the ship’s mascot and named AB O’Brian, RCNVR, respecting his Irish origins, the stray never left. A hammock was made for him and strung between two stanchions in the […]
Hospital Ship
Unknown Hospital Ship, WWII, 1942. Photo taken from HMCS WASAGA. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Ross Milligan, RCNR. (RTL-REM069)
HMCS IROQUOIS Floral Sea Boat
HMCS IROQUOIS’s sea boat returns to the destroyer after sending a shore party to the liberated Channel Island of Ile d’Yeu on 27 August 1944. The grateful islanders showered the RCN sailors with flowers (visible on deck) and cake, being the first allied force to arrive on the island after the Germans had retreated. IROQUOIS’s […]
Minesweeping
Sailors from HMCS WASAGA take a break during minesweeping operations off the coast of France. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Ross Milligan, RCNR. (RTL-REM113)
Landing Craft -Normandy
A large landing craft passes HMCS TRENTONIAN off the beachhead of Normandy, on 7 June 1944. Roger Litwiller Collection, Allen E. Singleton, RCNVR photo, courtesy Bruce Keir, RCNVR. (RTL-BK081) This photo and collection have been gathered from the crew of HMCS TRENTONIAN and have been used by Roger Litwiller to create the book, White Ensign […]