RCN sailor from HMCS MAYFLOWER shows the corvettes “catch-of-the-day” from the North Atlantic. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Ralph O’Brien, RCNVR. (RTL -ROB023)
Camouflage Ship
Unidentified camouflaged ship, picture taken from HMCS MAYFLOWER in 1944, possibly around Normandy invasion. If you can identify this ship, please leave a comment. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Ralph O’Brien, RCNVR. (RTL -ROB025)
RCN Sailors Glass & McKay at HMC NAVAL CAMP
Jack Glass and McKay from HMCS WASAGA at HMC NAVAL CAMP outside of St. John’s, NF in 1942. The rest camp was provided to sailors from the escort ships to have a break away from ship board routine. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Ross Milligan, RCNR. (RTL-RM298)
Refueling At Sea
A Canadian warship takes on fuel from a tanker in the convoy. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy of the Port Hope Branch of the Navy League of Canada. (RTL-PHNL002)
HMCS TRENTONIAN Sailors
Crew members of HMCS TRENTONIAN take a break from maintenance and boiler cleaning at Halifax in March 1944. Roger Litwiller Collection, Allen E. Singleton, RCNVR photo, courtesy Bruce Keir, RCNVR. (RTL-BK050)
HMCS MAYFLOWER Sentry
HMCS MAYFLOWER’s sentry. Name/place/date unknown. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Ralph O’Brien, RCNVR. (RTL-ROB011)
HMCS MAYFLOWER
HMCS MAYFLOWER, Flower class corvette, looking very tiddley after just completing a refit in Baltimore, Maryland in March 1943. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Ralph O’Brien, RCNVR. (RTL-ROB003)
HMCS CHARLOTTETOWN -NATO
HMCS CHARLOTTETOWN looking very “pusser” in HMC Dockyard, Halifax on 4 August 2017. The frigate is ready to depart on a six month NATO deployment. Ex-HMCS ATHABASKAN is in the background. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Roger Litwiller. (RTL44728)
HMCS GATINEAU
HMCS GATINEAU (1st), River class destroyer, coming alongside another RCN ship on the North Atlantic. Originally commissioned into the Royal Navy as HMS EXPRESS in 1934, transferred to the RCN on 3 June 1943. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Lee Abrams. (RTL-LA003)
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 […]