HMCS MATAPEDIA’s mascot, Tiss enjoys a good scrub in the corvette. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy William Belling, RCNVR. (RTL-WB053)
HMCS GOOSE BAY on Lake Ontario
HMCS GOOSE BAY steaming along the north shore of Lake Ontario, between Port Hope and Cobourg on 5 July 2016. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Roger Litwiller. (RTL59017)
RCN Examination Vessel
RCN examination vessel inspecting Merchant Ships arriving from a convoy at Sydney, NS in 1942. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Ross Milligan, RCNR. (RTL-REM039)
HMCS MONTREAL on the Syncrolift
HMCS MONTREAL undergoing maintenance on the syncrolift at Fleet Maintenance Facility CAPE SCOTT in HMC Dockyard at Halifax on 10 December 2021. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Roger Litwiller. (RTL00833)
PIPE THE SIDE -Admirals Arriving
Rear-Admiral Fairbain, RN (FOIC) Milford Haven arrives to inspect HMCS TRENTONIAN in October 1944. The navy, stooped in traditions has a ceremony when receiving an Admiral aboard. The side is piped, orders called out and the ship’s officers stand ready. With all the ceremony the Admiral still has to climb the rope ladder up TRENTONIAN’s […]
Flying Stations -HMCS ATHABASKAN
HMCS ATHABASKAN’s flight deck and Sea King are seen from HMCS OTTAWA during CARIBOPS in Jan/Feb 1981. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Roger Litwiller. (RTL-RTL251115135)
Collision HMCS SAGUENAY (1st)
HMCS SAGUENAY (1st) with deck awash and her stern gone following a collision with the Panamanian freighter Azra, setting off several of the destroyers depth charges. The collision occurred on 15 November 1942, south of Cape Race, while SAGUENAY was escorting convoy WB13 from St. John’s, NF to Sydney, NS. Azra was extensively damaged and […]
HMCS KINGSTON
HMCS KINGSTON at Kingston, Ontario dressed for for an on board reception on 12 July 2013. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Roger Litwiller. (RTL26618)
HMCS MINAS
HMCS MINAS, Bangor class minesweeper assigned to the 31st Minesweeping Flotilla in 1944. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Ross Milligan, RCNR. (RTL-REM008)
HMCS TORONTO’s Ready to Lock Through
HMCS TORONTO’s ship’s company has closed up to prepare their ship to enter the St. Lawrence Seaway Lock at Iroquois, Ontario on 8 July 2017. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Roger Litwiller (RTL82255)