HMCS MORDEN K 170 in refit, Lunenburg, NS -June 1943. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Raymond Leslie Ried, RCNVR. (RTL-RLR004)
HMCS WASAGA DC Rail and Chutes
View of HMCS WASAGA’s stern while underway in 1942, showing the single Depth Charge rail and four DC chutes on the Bangor class minesweeper. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Ross Milligan, RCNR. (RTL-REM094)
TRENTONIAN Pom-Pom Crew
HMCS TRENTONIAN’s 2 pounder Pom-Pom gun crew, LS Gordon Harley, AB Arthur Slater and AB Stan Bennett. The men painted the names of their girlfriends on the inside of the gun shield. The gun is in an elevated platform on the after end of the corvette. Roger Litwiller Collection, Allen E. Singleton, RCNVR photo, courtesy […]
AB Thomas Riley, HMCS ARVIDA
Able Seaman Thomas Riley from Hamilton, Ontario in HMCS ARVIDA in 1943. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Howard Abbott, RCNVR. (RTL-HA102)
HMCS NAPANEE
HMCS NAPANEE still retains her mine sweeping gear, after having her foc’s’cle extended in 1943, she has been painted in the Western Isles camouflage scheme. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Robert F.D. Hall. (RTL-RH002) This photo has been used by Roger Litwiller to create the book, Warships Of The Bay Of Quinte, published by Dundurn Publishing […]
HMCS TRILLIUM
HMCS TRILLIUM, Flower class corvette off Pictou, NS. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Ross Milligan, RCN. (RTL-REM013)
Merchant Ship at Corner Brook
Merchant ship alongside the Bowater Pulp and Paper Mill in Corner Brook, NF in 1943, photo taken from HMCS WASAGA’s stern (foreground). Ross Milligan wrote SS South Brook on the face of the photo and SS North Brook on the back. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Ross Milligan, RCNR. (RTL-RM286)
MAYFLOWER Sentry
A Royal Canadian Navy sailor stands sentry in the corvette, HMCS MAYFLOWER. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Ralph O’Brien, RCNVR. (RTL -ROB037)
HMCS TRENTONIAN Work Ups -Bermuda
Excellent photo of HMCS TRENTONIAN’s stern, looking from the port side of the bridge. A smoke float has been dropped during training evolution’s off Bermuda in February 1944. Roger Litwiller Collection, Allen E. Singleton, RCNVR photo, courtesy Jack Harold, RCNVR. (RTL-JH018) This photo has been used by Roger Litwiller to create the book, Warships Of […]
HMCS HAIDA Flagship Ceremony
Combined Naval Band from HMCS STAR and HMCS YORK during the ceremony on 26 May 2018 in Hamilton, ON dedicating HMCS HAIDA as the Ceremonial Flagship of the Royal Canadian Navy. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy of Roger Litwiller. (RTL67566)