RCN sailors clear HMCS WASAGA’s ice covered foc’s’le in January 1943. Listed on back of photo: S. Morris, J. McEntie, Platt, Wm. Weaver, Jack Glass and Paskavik. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Ross Milligan, RCNR. (RTL-REM081)
HMCS ST. CATHARINES
HMCS ST. CATHARINES, River class frigate. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Lee Abrams. (RTL-LA001)
HMCS TRENTONIAN Ice
HMCS TRENTONIAN in Halifax, February 1943. Looking forward from the starboard side of the bridge, you can see the corvettes gun deck and foc’s’le are more of ice rink than deck and the amount of ice that has accumulated on the stanchions and wires. Roger Litwiller Collection, Allen E. Singleton, RCNVR photo, courtesy Bruce Keir, […]
HMS PUNCHER Sailors
Howard Abbott (front left) with shipmates in Canadian manned Escort Aircraft Carrier, HMS PUNCHER during Arctic Operations. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Howard Abbott, RCNVR. (RTL-HA079)
Sydney to St. John`s Convoy
Convoy LC44 sailing from Sydney, NS to St John’s, NF on 9 September 1942. The five ship convoy consisted of the merchant ships, Drumahoe, Connector, William Schupp, James Stuart and Charles Huntley, escorted by HMCS WASAGA. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Ross Milligan, RCNR. (RTL-REM046)
HMCS FREDERICTON
HMCTug GLENBROOK passes HMCS FREDERICTON in Halifax, 26 June 2011. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Roger Litwiller. (RTL60994)
HMCS NAPANEE
HMCS NAPANEE almost complete, is undergoing sea trials at Kingston Shipbuilding yards in Kingston, Ontario in March 1941. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy of Hank Winsor. (RTL-HW005) This photo has been used by Roger Litwiller in his book, Warships Of The Bay Of Quinte, published by Dundurn Publishing in 2011.
HMCS EYEBRIGHT
HMCS EYEBRIGHT, Flower class corvette. Photo taken after the foc’s’le extension in January 1942. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy of the Port Hope Branch of the Navy League of Canada. (RTL-PHNL001)
A Sailor Is A Sailor
AB Robert Powell and LS John Founier from HMCS TRENTONIAN, assist a “sick” friend from HMCS Moose Jaw back to his ship in August 1944. Roger Litwiller Collection, Allen E. Singleton, RCNVR photo, courtesy Bruce Keir, RCNVR. (RTL-BK049) This photo and collection have been gathered from the crew of HMCS TRENTONIAN and have been used […]
RMS Queen Elizabeth
The Cunard liner RMS Queen Elizabeth in her ghost colours, in Halifax late February or early March 1944. The luxury liner was converted as a troopship, capable of carrying 15,000 troops at a time, she was photographed from HMCS TRENTONIAN while secured at Pier 21. Roger Litwiller Collection, Allen E. Singleton, RCNVR photo, courtesy Bruce […]