RCN Sailor in HMCS ELK gives the armed yacht’s wheelhouse a fresh coat of pain in 1942. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Austin Chater, RCNVR/RCNR. (RTL-AC023)
HMCShips MACKENZIE and BEACON HILL
HMCS MACKENZIE and HMCS BEACON HILL take up position astern of HMCS SASKATCHEWAN while operating in the Pacific in 1965. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Brian Rideout. RTL-BR007)
Shoreleave Cherbourg, France
Two sailors from HMCS TRENTONIAN rejoin their shipmates after finding an open store in Cherbourg in September 1944. The French Port had been liberated shortly before this photo and had been heavily damaged in the fighting, most stores were still closed. Roger Litwiller Collection, Allen E. Singleton, RCNVR photo, courtesy Bruce Keir, RCNVR. (RTL-BK134)
HMCS ORIOLE
HMCS ORIOLE astern of HMCS VILLE DE QUEBEC during Battle of Atlantic Ceremony on 5 May 2019. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Roger Litwiller. (RTL-RTL59690)
HMCS ELK -Dressed Overall
The ships company of the armed yacht, HMCS ELK, has dressed their ship, possibly for Dominion Day in 1942. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Austin Chater, RCNVR/RCNR. (RTL-AC020)
Flight Operations HMS PUNCHER
Flight Operations aboard HMS PUNCHER in 1944/45, with one Barracuda safely on the flight deck, two more are making their approach to the Canadian escort carrier. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Howard Abbott, RCNVR. (RTL-HA053)
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. (RTL04957)
Cleaning Stations -Bermuda
HMCS TRENTONIAN’s ship’s company was given a 24 hour stand down from training evolution’s to recover and clean ship from a severe storm while sailing to Bermuda in February 1944. During the worst of the storm, crew members reported the 208 foot corvette was in 90 foot waves, causing damage to their ship. TRENTONIAN’s coxswain, […]
HMCS IROQUOIS
Returning to Halifax, HMCS IROQUOIS has past McNab’s Island and turned towards the jetty at Shearwater to return her Sea King on 6 July 2012. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Roger Litwiller. (RTL64591)
Torpedoed Merchant Ship
A Survivor of the Battle of the Atlantic, with a large hole in its bow from a German U-boat’s torpedo, this merchant ship waits for repair at St. John’s NF in 1943. Photo taken from HMCS WASAGA. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Ross Milligan, RCNR. (RTL-REM166)