MV ASTERIX, interim AOR for the RCN, is dressed overall ready for her unveiling ceremony and christening at Davie Shipyard in Levis, QC. on 20 July 2017. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Roger Litwiller. (RTL02745)
HMCS TRENTONIAN -Quebec City
Quebec City is hit by a early winter storm, blanketing HMCS TRENTONIAN in snow, in December 1943. Due to a construction problem in the corvettes ventilating system, it is as cold in the ship as it is outside. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Jack Harold, RCNVR. (RTL-JH052)
Clearing Ice and Snow
Sailors clear snow and ice from HMCS MATAPEDIA’s forward gun deck in early spring 1941 at Quebec City. The shield for the 4 inch gun has not yet been installed. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy William Belling, RCNVR. (RTL-WB063)
ICE BREAKER EARNEST LAPOINTE
The newly built icebreaker, Earnest LaPointe is brought in to free HMCShips TRENTONIAN, NORSYD and HMCTug NORTON from the ice in Quebec City in December 1943. This icebreaker is now a museum ship at the MUSEE MARITIME DU QUEBEC, L’Islet, Quebec. Roger Litwiller Collection, Allen E. Singleton, RCNVR photo, courtesy Jack Harold, RCNVR. (RTL-JH045)
MV ASTERIX Screw and Rudder
MV ASTERIX’s is propelled through the water with this massive propeller making her capable of more than 20 knots while underway. Photo taken at Davie Shipyards, Champlain drydock on 20 July 2017. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Roger Litwiller. (RTL02809)
HMCS NORSYD
HMCS NORSYD in Quebec City just after commissioning in December 1943. Her ship`s company are making their ship ready to slip and head for Halifax. Roger Litwiller Collection, Allen E. Singleton, RCNVR photo, courtesy Bruce Keir, RCNVR. (RTL-BK027)
Earnest LaPointe, Icebreaker -Quebec City
Having broken the ice for HMC Ships TRENTONIAN, NORSYD and NORTON, The icebreaker, Earnest LaPointe returns to Quebec City in December 1943. This ship is now a museum ship at the Musee Maritime du Quebec, Lâ islet , Quebec and is open for touring. Roger Litwiller Collection, Allen E. Singleton, RCNVR photo, courtesy Bruce Keir, […]
HMCS TRENTONIAN at Quebec City
RCN corvette, HMCS TRENTONIAN alongside the sea wall, on a frozen St. Lawrence River in Quebec City in December 1943. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy of Jack Harold, RCNVR. (RTL-JH079)
HMC(Icebreaker)S TRENTONIAN
Newly constructed corvettes, HMCShips TRENTONIAN (foreground) and NORSYD received orders to sail from Quebec City to Halifax on 26 December 1943. NORSYD remains secured on the wall, while the local pilot uses TRENTONIAN to break the dense ice blocking the ships from sailing. The pilot continues to ram TRENTONIAN’s bow into the thick ice, despite her […]
Best of 2017 -An RCN Photo Collection
This past year has been very interesting. I have had several opportunities to visit and record our Canadian Sailors at work, on current taskings, preparing for deployment and building our future Navy. Below are some of my favourite photos from 2017, Canada’s 150th Anniversary! All the photos are available to view in my Flickr Album, 2017 […]