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 […]
USS HEYWOOD L. EDWARDS
The USN used Bermuda for training as well as Canada. This picture of the newly commissioned USS HEYWOOD L. EDWARDS, a Fletcher class destroyer was taken from HMCS TRENTONIAN on 26 February, 1944. Roger Litwiller Collection, Allen E. Singleton, RCNVR photo, courtesy Jack Harold, RCNVR. (RTL-JH041)
Busy St. John’s Harbour
St. John’s harbour in Newfoundland is bustling with activity in the spring of 1943. Three fishing vessels work alongside merchant ships and RCN and RN escort ships. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Ross Milligan, RCNR. (RTL-RM315)
HMCS WASAGA Lookouts
Three of HMCS WASAGA’s bridge lookouts in 1942. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Ross Milligan, RCNR. (RTL-REM023)
HMCS ST. CROIX
HMCS ST. CROIX in 1943, photo taken from HMCS ARVIDA shortly before ST. CROIX was lost in Sept 1943. The two ships did one escort together and may be one of the last photos of this RCN destroyer. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Howard Abbott, RCNVR. (RTL-HA072)
Howard Abbott, RCNVR
Howard Abbott, RCNVR from Toronto on the bow of Canadian manned escort aircraft carrier HMS PUNCHER in 1944. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Howard Abbott, RCNVR. (RTL-HA095)
Ice HMCS TRENTONIAN
HMCS TRENTONIAN entering Halifax harbour on 3 March 1944. This picture is looking aft from the break of the fo’c’sle, the ship is completely covered in ice, railings normally only a few inches wide are as thick as a man’s leg. Roger Litwiller Collection, Allen E. Singleton, RCNVR photo, courtesy Douglas Campbell, RCNVR. (RTL-DC029) This […]
HMCS CAMROSE
Excellent photo of HMCS CAMROSE, Flower class corvette. The picture clearly shows the short foc’s’le construction of the early corvettes with the main mast before the bridge. Unlike the RN’s corvettes the after gun tub is placed further aft in the RCN corvettes. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Raymond Leslie Reid, RCNVR. (RTL-RLR022)