HMCS RENARD at Halifax in April 1944. RENARD is an armed yacht. Commissioned into the RCN early in the war and converted from private yacht to escort, until larger escort ships could be built. In this photo she is now working as a torpedo training ship and the torpedo tubes are easily visible on her […]
Swim EX HMCS WASAGA
HMCS WASAGA’s ship’s company enjoys a swim ex off Pictou, NS in 1942. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Ross Milligan, RCNR. (RTL-REM032)
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 […]
HMCS IROQUOIS
Returning to Halifax, HMCS IROQUOIS has past McNab’s Island and turned towards the jetty at Shearwater to return her Sea King on 6 July 2012. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Roger Litwiller. (RTL64592)
HMS PUNCHER’s Boat
HMS PUNCHER’s ships boat looks toy-like, set alongside the steel wall of the Canadian manned escort aircraft carrier’s hull in 1943. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Howard Abbott, RCNVR. (RTL-HA097)
HMCS NORSYD
HMCS NORSYD overtakes HMCS TRENTONIAN on the North Atlantic coast of Nova Scotia, in route to Halifax from the Great Lakes, December 1943. Roger Litwiller Collection, Allen E. Singleton, RCNVR photo, courtesy Jack Harold, RCNVR. (RTL-JH049)
MV ASTERIX in Champlain Dry DOCK
Full bow view of MV ASTERIX in Champlain Dry Dock, the largest dry dock in Canada at Davie Shipyard in Levis, PQ. Photo taken during the christening ceremony on 20 July 2017. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Roger Litwiller. (RTL-IMG_3018)
Hospital Ship
Unknown Hospital Ship, WWII, 1942. Photo taken from HMCS WASAGA. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Ross Milligan, RCNR. (RTL-REM069)
HMCS TRENTONIAN Communications Division
HMCS TRENTONIAN’s Communications Division, 1944. Left to Right, Top row: Vincent Hadley (Prince Albert, SK), Peter Meyer (Regina SK.). Centre Row: John McKay (Terrebonne, PQ.), Jack Straw (Hamilton, ON.), John Manson (Winnipeg, MB.), Tom Farrell (Montreal, PQ.). Bottom Row: Jack McIver (Winnipeg, MB), Philip Kevins (Verdun, PQ.), Edmund Poulin (Ottawa, ON.) and Jack Harold (Aurora, […]
Roll Along Wavy Navy, Roll Along
Excellent photo of how much a corvette could roll on the North Atlantic. The photo does not state the ship’s name, but the donor did serve in the corvette’s HMC Ships MORDEN, KITCHENER and SHAWINIGAN. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Raymond Leslie Ried, RCNVR. (RTL-RLR012)