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HMCS MAYFLOWER Pom-Pom Gun

December 14, 2022 by Roger Litwiller

HMCS MAYFLOWER Pom-Pom Gun

RCN Sailor with HMCS MAYFLOWER’s aft Pom-Pom Gun. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Ralph O’Brien, RCNVR. (RTL -ROB015) If you enjoy the content I create and find value in the articles on this website, please feel free to click on the coffee icon on the bottom right of the webpage and “Buy me a Coffee!” Your […]

Filed Under: Photo of the Day Tagged With: 2 Pdr. Pom Pom, Battle of Atlantic, corvette, Gunnery, HMCS MAYFLOWER, Naval History, Navy, North Atlantic, RCN, Roger Litwiller, Royal Canadian Navy, ships, WWII

HMCS CHICOUTIMI

December 13, 2022 by Roger Litwiller

HMCS CHICOUTIMI

Victoria class submarine, HMCS CHICOUTIMI is assisted by RCN tug Glendale during a cold move from Victoria, BC to CFB Esquimalt on 15 September 2019. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Roger Litwiller. (RTL04979) If you enjoy the content I create and find value in the articles on this website, please feel free to click on the […]

Filed Under: Photo of the Day Tagged With: CFB Esquimalt, Esquimalt, HMCS CHICOUTIMI, HMCTug Glendale, Maritime Forces Pacific, Naval History, Navy, RCN, Roger Litwiller, Royal Canadian Navy, submarine, Victoria BC, Victoria Class Submarine

HMCS PRINCE DAVID

December 12, 2022 by Roger Litwiller

HMCS PRINCE DAVID

HMCS PRINCE DAVID moves through the crowded Normandy beachhead, during invasion operations. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Ralph O’Brien, RCNVR. (RTL -ROB006)

Filed Under: Photo of the Day Tagged With: DDay, History, HMCS, HMCS PRINCE DAVID, Invasion, Naval History, Navy, Normandy, RCN, Roger Litwiller, Royal Canadian Navy, ships, WWII

MV ASTERIX

December 11, 2022 by Roger Litwiller

MV ASTERIX

MV ASTERIX is being made ready for it’s first deployment with the Royal Canadian Navy and transit to the West Coast on 12 March 2018. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Roger Litwiller. (RTL26678)

Filed Under: Photo of the Day Tagged With: Federal Fleet, Halifax, HMC Dockyard, HMCS, MV Asterix, Naval History, Navy, NRU ASTERIX, RCN, Roger Litwiller, Roger Litwiller Collection, Royal Canadian Navy, ships

HMCS NORSYD

December 10, 2022 by Roger Litwiller

HMCS NORSYD

HMCS NORSYD in December 1943 traveling in company with HMCS TRENTONIAN, on the St. Lawrence River. The ice is now clearing for the passage to Halifax by the two newly commissioned corvettes. Roger Litwiller Collection, Allen E. Singleton, RCNVR photo, courtesy Jack Harold, RCNVR. (RTL-JH047)

Filed Under: Photo of the Day Tagged With: Battle of Atlantic, corvette, HMCS, HMCS NORSYD, HMCS TRENTONIAN, Ice, Naval History, Navy, North Atlantic, RCN, Roger Litwiller, Royal Canadian Navy, ships, St. Lawrence River, WWII

HMCS ORIOLE

December 9, 2022 by Roger Litwiller

HMCS ORIOLE

HMCS ORIOLE at Brockville, Ontario on 30 May 2022. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Roger Litwiller. (RTL02473)

Filed Under: Photo of the Day Tagged With: GLD, Great Lakes Deployment, HMCS, HMCS ORIOLE, Maritime Forces Atlantic, Naval History, Navy, RCN, Roger Litwiller, Royal Canadian Navy, Sail Training Vessel, ships, St. Lawrence River, St. Lawrence Seaway

HMS ORIBI

December 8, 2022 by Roger Litwiller

HMS ORIBI

HMS ORIBI, “O” class destroyer, taken from HMCS TRENTONIAN 1944. Roger Litwiller Collection, Allen E. Singleton, RCNVR photo, courtesy Jack Harold, RCNVR. (RTL-JH012)

Filed Under: Photo of the Day Tagged With: Battle of Atlantic, Destroyer, HMCS, HMCS TRENTONIAN, HMS, HMS ORIBI, Naval History, Navy, RCN, RN, Roger Litwiller, Royal Canadian Navy, Royal Navy, WWII

RCN Avenger

December 7, 2022 by Roger Litwiller

RCN Avenger

RCN Avenger at the Shearwater Aviation Museum Airpark on 6 December 2021. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Roger Litwiller. (RTL00667)

Filed Under: Photo of the Day Tagged With: Aircraft, Canadian Naval Air Service, CFB Shearwater, Grumman Avenger TBM-3, History, Naval History, Navy, RCN, Roger Litwiller, Royal Canadian Navy, Shearwater Aviation Museum

HMCS TRENTONIAN Sailors

December 6, 2022 by Roger Litwiller

HMCS TRENTONIAN Sailors

Several members of HMCS TRENTONIAN’s crew pose for a photo on the corvettes Depth Charge rail in 1944. Roger Litwiller Collection, Allen E. Singleton, RCNVR photo, courtesy Douglas Campbell, RCNVR. (RTL-DC053)

Filed Under: Photo of the Day Tagged With: Battle of Atlantic, corvette, HMCS, HMCS TRENTONIAN, Naval History, Navy, North Atlantic, RCN, Roger Litwiller, Royal Canadian Navy, ships, WWII

HMCS MACKENZIE

December 5, 2022 by Roger Litwiller

HMCS MACKENZIE

HMCS MACKENZIE steams alongside it’s sister ship, HMCS SASKATCHEWAN on the Pacific Ocean in 1965. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Brian Rideout. (RTL-BR009)

Filed Under: Photo of the Day Tagged With: Cold War, Destroyer, Far East Cruise 1965, HMCS, HMCS MACKENZIE, HMCS SASKATCHEWAN, Mackenzie class destroyer escort, Maritime Forces Pacific, Naval History, Navy, Pacific Ocean, RCN, Roger Litwiller, Royal Canadian Navy, ships

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