HMCS WASAGA hull has been given a fresh coat of anti-fouling paint while on the marine slip in Dartmouth in 1943. A great photo of the Bangor class minesweepers twin screws. WASAGA’s starboard propeller seems to have been marked for HMCS GRANDMERE. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Ross Milligan, RCNR. (RTL-REM093)
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)
RCN Hawker Sea Fury FBII
Hawker Sea Fury FBII on display at the Naval Museum of Alberta in The Military Museums at Calgary. Seventy-five Sea Fury Fighters flew with the RCN many from the aircraft carrier HMCS MAGNIFICENT. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Roger Litwiller. (RTL20898)
Clearing Ice HMCS WASAGA
Looking more like an ice castle, three of HMCS WASAGA’s ship’s company ready to clear ice from the minesweeper’s bridge and foc’s’le, off Halifax in 1944. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Ross Milligan, RCNR. (RTL-REM077)
HMCS VILLE DE QUEBEC -Harbour Stations
HMCS VILLE DE QUEBEC’s Quarterdeck Party forms up, in preparation for entering Halifax Harbour after the Battle of Atlantic Ceremony on 5 May 2019. RCN Tug GLENBROOK follows astern. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Roger Litwiller. (RTL-59658)
South Atlantic Convoy
Column of merchant ships in convoy taken from convoy escort, HMCS ARVIDA in the South Atlantic in 1943. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Howard Abbott, RCNVR. (RTL-HA063)
HMCS BEACON HILL
Prestonian class frigate, HMCS BEACON HILL steams alongside HMCS SASKATCHEWAN during the Far East Cruise in 1965. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Brian Rideout. RTL-BR059)
HMCS TRENTONIAN Departs for the UK
Four of HMCS TRENTONIAN’s ship’s company pose for a photo, with the Nova Scotia coast disappears behind them. TRENTONIAN departed Halifax for operations in the UK on 23 April 1944. Pictured: OS Walter Barber, AB Jim Rickard, AB Thomas Williams and an unidentified ship mate. Roger Litwiller Collection, Allen E. Singleton, RCNVR photo, courtesy Tom […]
Future HMCS HARRY DE WOLF
Future HMCS HARRY DEWOLF is finishing her construction alongside at Irving Shipyard in Halifax on 8 May 2019. The second AOPS, future HMCS MARGARET BROOKE is behind Harry. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Roger Litwiller. (RTL00055)
William “Bud” Belling, RCNVR
William “Bud” Belling, RCNVR in 1943. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy William Belling, RCNVR. (RTL-WB002)