Lieutenant Colin S. Glassco, RCNVR from Hamilton, Ontario became the second Commanding officer of HMCS TRENTONIAN on 31 January 1945. Photo taken after the corvette was torpedoed on 22 February 1945. Roger Litwiller Collection, Allen B. Singleton, RCNVR photo, courtesy Douglas Campbell, RCNVR. (RTL-DC022)
Sunday Service -HMCS WASKESIU
HMCS WASKESIU’s ships company formed up for Sunday Services aboard the River class frigate in April to November 1944. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Austin Chater, RCNVR/RCNR. (RTL-AC040)
A “Mick” for HMCS WASAGA’s Mascot
Just like any member of the ships’s company, HMCS WASAGA’s mascot had her own hammock. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Ross Milligan, RCNR. (RTL-REM058)
Iceberg Alley
A sailor from HMCS MATAPEDIA watching an iceberg while the corvette escorts a convoy through the Strait of Belle Isle. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy William Belling, RCNVR. (RTL-WB025)
HMS PUNCHER RCN Sailors
RCN Sailors from HMS PUNCHER pose on the escort carriers foc’s’le. Howard Abbott in in the back row, second from right in the light shirt. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Howard Abbott, RCNVR. (RTL-HA092)
Catalina Coastal Patrol Aircraft
Catalina Coastal Patrol Aircraft taking off from unknown location or date, #WWII. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Raymond Leslie Reid, RCNVR. (RTL-RLR030)
HMCS AVALON (II) St John`s, NF.
Accommodation ship HMCS AVALON II (ex SS Georgian) in St. John’s, NF in 1942. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Ross Milligan, RCNR. (RTL-REM037)
HMCS TRENTONIAN
HMCS TRENTONIAN at anchor in Milford Haven preparing to get underway in August 1944. The corvette has been freshly painted in the Western Approaches Disruptive Camouflage scheme with her pendent numbers outlined in white. Artist Marc Magee used this photo of the ship for his painting on the cover of White Ensign Flying. Roger Litwiller […]
HMCS MILLTOWN
HMCS MILLTOWN, Bangor class minesweeper assigned to the 31st Minesweeping Flotilla. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Ross Milligan, RCNR. (RTL-REM010)
St. Lawrence Ice
With HMCS NORSYD directly ahead, HMCS TRENTONIAN sails through the ice of the St. Lawrence River in route to Halifax in December 1943. Roger Litwiller Collection, Allen E. Singleton, RCNVR photo, courtesy Jack Harold, RCNVR. (RTL-JH044)