HMCS LINDSAY, Flower class corvette, crossing the Atlantic in April 1944. LINDSAY, together with sister corvettes, HMCS TRENTONIAN and HMCS LOUISBURG (II) departed Halifax on 23 April and arrived in Londonderry on 1 May 1944. Â Photo taken from HMCS TRENTONIAN. Artist Marc Magee used this photo in his painting of TRENTONIAN, for the cover of […]
Away Boats Crew
HMCS OTTAWA’s boat crew at work. During CARIBOPS, competitions among the RCN ships were common. In February 1981 the fleet came to a stop and each of the destroyers lowered their 27 foot whalers. Each boat crew had to pull their boat around the ship once and then return aboard into the davits. The first […]
HMC Ships TORONTO and IROQUOIS
HMCS TORONTO -frigate with HMCS IROQUOIS -destroyer, in Halifax on 7 July 2012. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Roger Litwiller. (RTL74903)
HMCS MORDEN
HMCS MORDEN K 170 undergoing refit at Lunenburg, NS in June 1943. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Raymond Leslie Reid, RCNVR. (RTL-RLR003)
Effective Damage Control
Outboard ship has severe damage to her stern. The inboard ship is the Captain class frigate, HMS HOTHAM. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Ralph O’Brien, RCNVR. (RTL -ROB038)
HMCS HALIFAX
HMCS HALIFAX, Halifax class, Canadian Patrol Frigate in Halifax, 7 July 2012. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Roger Litwiller. (RTL74906)
HMCS MAYFLOWER’s Lookout
With glasses in hand, HMCS MAYFLOWER’s aft lookout keeps a sharp eye from the corvette’s searchlight platform above the after Pom-Pom in 1944. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Ralph O’Brien, RCNVR. (RTL-ROB051)
Sea Cadets with HMCS QUINTE
Sea Cadets with members of HMCS QUINTE’s crew in Cape Breton. Roger Litwiller Collection, Photo courtesy Walter Gregory. (RTL-WG006)
HMCS SAGUENAY
HMCS SAGUENAY, River class destroyer, during WWII. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy of the Port Hope Branch of the Navy League of Canada. (RTL-PHNL003)
Church Parade -HMCS TRENTONIAN
HMCS TRENTONIAN’s entire crew is turned out on the fo’c’sle, in Number 1 uniforms for church parade in Milford Haven in November 1944. Roger Litwiller Collection, Allen E. Singleton, RCNVR photo, courtesy Bruce Keir, RCNVR. (RTL-BK145) This photo and collection have been gathered from the crew of HMCS TRENTONIAN and have been used by Roger […]