HMCS WINDSOR covered in scaffolding while under refit at the RCN Dockyard in Halifax on 27 June 2010. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Roger Litwiller. (RTL-DSCF5732)
MV Asterix Pre-Conversion
MV ASTERIX still in her container ship configuration. Davie Shipyard workers are busy mapping out the miles of cables, pipes and systems prior to converting her to an Auxiliary Oil Replenishment Ship for the RCN. CCGS HENRY LARSEN is alongside. Photo taken at Davie Shipyard in Levis, PQ on 20 October 2015. Roger Litwiller Collection, […]
HMCS REGINA
HMCS REGINA receiving its Western Approaches Disruptive camouflage at CFB Esquimalt on 21 September 2019. The specialized paint scheme is in commemoration of the 75th Anniversary of the end of the Battle of the Atlantic. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Roger Litwiller. (IMG_2956)
Paint Ship
Sailors from HMCS WASAGA give their ship some fresh paint while in drydock in Dartmouth, NS in 1943. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Ross Milligan, RCNR. (RTL-REM092)
Canadian Patrol Frigates Maintenance Period
With masts and radars covered in scaffolding, HMCS TORONTO (left) and HMCS HALIFAX under maintenance while alongside in HMC Dockyard, Halifax on 29 August 2018. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Roger Litwiller. (RTL98679)
HMCS WASAGA Out of the Water
HMCS WASAGA, Bangor class minesweeper, on the marine railway at Dartmouth, NS in 1943. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Ross Milligan, RCNR. (RTL-REM091)
Canadian Patrol Frigates FELEX Refit
HMCShips VILLE DE QUEBEC (right) and TORONTO (left in graving dock) undergoing their FELEX refit at the Irving Shipyard in Halifax on 5 September 2015. Roger Litwiller collection, courtesy Roger Litwiller. (RTL53687)
HMCShips FREDERICTON and CHARLOTTETOWN
Canadian Patrol Frigates, HMCS FREDERICTON (left) and HMCS CHARLOTTETOWN undergoing maintenance and upgrading at HMCDockyard in Halifax on 8 May 2019. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Roger Litwiller. (RTL-DSC_0289)
HMCS SACKVILLE -Modernizing a WWII Corvette
In 2018, HMCS SACKVILLE entered the submarine maintenance shed at Fleet Maintenance Facility, CAPE SCOTT at HMC Dockyard in Halifax for badly needed repairs to her hull. This might not seem to be exciting on the surface, but when you realize SACKVILLE is a Second World War veteran of the Battle of the Atlantic and […]