Two sailors from HMCS TRENTONIAN rejoin their shipmates after finding an open store in Cherbourg in September 1944. The French Port had been liberated shortly before this photo and had been heavily damaged in the fighting, most stores were still closed. Roger Litwiller Collection, Allen E. Singleton, RCNVR photo, courtesy Bruce Keir, RCNVR. (RTL-BK134)
TRENTONIAN Anchored Cherbourg
HMCS TRENTONIAN anchored outside of Cherbourg, France in the “false hull” camouflage scheme, September 1944. The maple leaf on her funnel is visible and her name board has been hung on the railings above the depth charge throwers. The corvette’s pennant number has been partially removed by censors. Roger Litwiller Collection, Allen E. Singleton, RCNVR […]
HMCS BAYFIELD
HMCS BAYFIELD, Bangor class minesweeper, underway with her ship’s company lining the rails. Â She was assigned to the 31st Minesweeping Flotilla as a Dan Layer. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Ross Milligan, RCNR. (RTL-REM003)
HMS CAPETOWN
HMS CAPETOWN an old Carlisle class cruiser built in 1922, off Omaha beach on 7 June 1944. She has been stripped of her main guns and has been assigned as Captain Southbound, controlling all ship traffic to the American beaches. For ease of recognition her name has been painted in large white letters on the […]
Friendly Fire Incident
The cableship HMTS Monarch’s radio compartment is riddled with splinter damage following a friendly fire incident off Normandy on 13 June 1944. The cable layer and her escort, HMCS TRENTONIAN came under fire from USS PLUNKETT. Roger Litwiller Collection, Allen Singleton Photo, courtesy Bruce Keir, RCNVR. (RTL-BK096)
Shoreleave Cherbourg
Several of HMCS TRENTONIAN’s officers enjoy their visit to Cherbourg on 4 October 1944. This was the corvettes first shore leave in France and the recently liberated French port. In the background you can see the rubble from the intense fighting that took place in the city. Pictured left to right: Warrant Engineer Hamilton Hindle, […]
Friendly Fire Incident -Normandy
Transferring the body of Captain Eric Troops, HMTS Monarch’s Skipper, from HMCS TRENTONIAN in Portsmouth on 13 June 1944. Capt. Troops was killed during a Friendly Fire incident when his ship and TRENTONIAN were attacked by USS PLUNKETT the night before. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Bruce Keir, RCNVR. (RTL-BK101)
HMCS BLAIRMORE
HMCS BLAIRMORE, Bangor class minesweeper assigned to the 31st Minesweeping Flotilla. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Ross Milligan, RCNR. (RTL-REM012)
HMS DURBAN
HMS DURBAN, a “D” class light cruiser built in 1921 is the convoy commodore for the CornCob Convoy that HMCS TRENTONIAN escorted to Normandy on 7 July 1944. The cruiser has been stripped of her fittings and primary weapons and is destined to be sunk and become part of the Gooseberry breakwater, protecting the beaches […]
Operation NEPTUNE
View from HMCS TRENTONIAN on 7 June 1944 while the RCN corvette was in the Normandy invasion area. Stoker Bruce Keir wrote on this photo, “D-Day -Just a few of the 4,000.” Roger Litwiller Collection, Allen E. Singleton, RCNVR photo, courtesy Bruce Keir, RCNVR. (RTL-BK086) This photo and collection have been gathered from the crew […]