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 […]
HMCS MAYFLOWER -Make and Mend
Sailor from HMCS MAYFLOWER finds a comfortable spot dockside, repairing his uniform, during a Make and Mend. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Ralph O’Brien, RCNVR. (RTL -ROB012)
HMCS IROQUOIS Sentries
Two HMCS IROQUOIS sailors standing sentry with the Lanchester sub-machine gun, with 50 round magazines and long bayonets in 1945. Unknown location. Roger Litwiller Collection, Lynford Bourne, RCNVR photo, courtesy Battle of Atlantic Place. (RTL-LRB012)
HMCS NORSYD
Having passed through the Strait of Canso, newly constructed corvettes, HMCS TRENTONIAN and HMCS NORSYD sail in line abreast on the Atlantic Ocean for the first time in December 1943 in route to Halifax. Roger Litwiller Collection, Allen E. Singleton, RCNVR photo, courtesy Jack Harold, RCNVR. (RTL-JH046)
HMS PINK
Exceptional photo of the size difference between a corvette and a battleship. Bruce Keir wrote on this photo HMS PINK, Cardiff, October 1944. PINK was a Flower class corvette damaged by a torpedo from U988 on 27 June 1944 and was declared a total loss. The charring from the fire is clearly visible on her […]
HMCS IROQUOIS in Copenhagen
A large group of German Prisoners-of-War in Copenhagen, Denmark in May 1945. Photo taken by Lynford Bourne while his ship HMCS IROQUOIS was in the city following the surrender of German forces. Roger Litwiller Collection, Lynford Bourne, RCNVR photo, courtesy Battle of Atlantic Place. (RTL-LRB031)
HMCS PROTECTEUR
HMCS OTTAWA steams alongside the fleet oiler, HMCS PROTECTEUR in route to the Caribbean in January 1981. Note: Scanned from original 110 Negative. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Roger Litwiller. (RTL-RTL300416013)
RCN Sailor -Bermuda
Unidentified Canadian Sailor from HMCS MAYFLOWER on shore leave in Bermuda, possibly around 1944. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Ralph O’Brien, RCNVR. RTL-ROB071)
RCN Sailors in Casablanca
Members of HMS PUNCHER’s ships company visiting the lush gardens in Casablanca during a visit in early August 1944 by the Canadian manned escort aircraft carrier. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Howard Abbott, RCNVR. (RTL-HA118)