While escorting a convoy on the North Atlantic, HMCS ARVIDA takes on fuel from a tanker in the convoy in August 1943. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Howard Abbott, RCNVR. (RTL-HA091)
HMCS OJIBWA
Former HMCS OJIBWA’s stern showing the arrangement of the starboard side propeller, aft hydroplanes and rudder. OJIBWA is preserved as a museum ship located at Port Burwell, ON on Lake Erie. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Roger Litwiller. (RTL02992)
Convoy from RCN Corvette
Convoy of Merchant ships taken from unknown corvette, possibly HMCS MAYFLOWER. Unknown date/location. Roger Litwiller Collection -Photo courtesy Raymond Leslie Ried, RCNVR. (RTL-RLR036)
HMCS SACKVILLE Sunrise
The rising sun silhouettes Canada’s Naval Memorial, HMCS SACKVILLE secured on Halifax’s waterfront at Sackville Landing on 5 September 2015. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Roger Litwiller. (RTL53510)
HMCS WASAGA Sailor
Jack Glass from HMCS WASAGA sits on the forward gun of the Bangor class minesweeper. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Ross Milligan, RCNR. (RTL-REM098)
HMCS WASKESIU
HMCS WASKESIU, River class frigate, alongside HMCS ARVIDA in 1943. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Howard Abbott, RCNVR. (RTL-HA078)
Letter from the Normandy Invasion
Many letters were sent home from Royal Canadian Navy sailors during World War II. On occasion a letter would be sent from the Commanding officer of a Canadian ship to the namesake community that supported the ship. This letter by Wm. Harrison, CO of HMCS TRENTONIAN was written to the City of Trenton shortly after […]
Deep Sea Fishing the RCN Way
In March 1944, HMCS TRENTONIAN dropped a single depth charge while in the Grand Banks, off Newfoundland. Thomas Williams of Winnipeg, MB. inspects one of the larger fish caught. Once the fish were cleaned the cooks immediately cooked the fresh bounty in milk. The crew remember this as one of the best meals they had […]
HMC NAVAL CAMP St. John’s NF
Sailors from the escort groups could trade their shipboard hammocks for tents at the HMC NAVAL CAMP outside of St. John’s, NF. This photo taken while HMCS WASAGA sailors were at the camp in 1942. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Ross Milligan, RCNR. (RTL-RM292)
HMCS TRENTONIAN Ships Company
HMCS TRENTONIAN’s ships company gather around the corvette’s gangway after the wounded from the damaged cable ship HMTS Monarch had been moved ashore in Portsmouth on 13 June 1944. There will be no shore leave and this will be as close to dry land as the men will get for some time, as Invasion operations are […]