Three of HMCS TRENTONIAN’s sailors during escort operations in 1944, LS Ken McDonald (left), Secord (centre) and LS Aubrey Wells. Roger Litwiller Collection, Allen E. Singleton, RCNVR photo, courtesy Jack Harold, RCNVR. (RTL-JH063) If you enjoy the content I create and find value in the articles on this website, please feel free to click on […]
“Sisters of the Space Age”
Two “Sisters of the Space Age,” HMCS ATHABASKAN (right) and HMCS IROQUOIS, sit alongside at Halifax on 5 September 2015. IROQUOIS was decommissioned earlier in the year. Roger Litwiller collection, courtesy Roger Litwiller. (RTL53645) If you enjoy the content I create and find value in the articles on this website, please feel free to click […]
HMCS MAYFLOWER’s Toy Gun
Two of MAYFLOWER’s crew clear ice and snow from the forward gun deck. HMCS MAYFLOWER commissioned into the RCN on 28 November 1940. MAYFLOWER along with sister corvette HMCS HEPATICA left Halifax on 9 February 1941 without their 4in. guns, due to a shortage of weapons. In place of the gun barrel a wood post […]
HMCS FUNDY
HMCS FUNDY, Fundy class minesweeper, nearing completion at the builders in Collingwood, Ontario in August 1938. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Hank Winsor. (RTL-HW001) 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 […]
MCDV’s Alongside at Esquimalt
Kingston class MCDV’s, HMCS WHITEHORSE (right) and HMCS EDMONTON alongside at CFB Esquimalt on 19 September 2019. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Roger Litwiller. (RTL05089) 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 […]
HMCS MAYFLOWER Depth Charges
A sailor from HMCS MAYFLOWER beside the port side waist Depth Charge Throwers. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Ralph O’Brien, RCNVR. (RTL -ROB016) 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 […]
Colours! HMCS MONTREAL
HMCShips MONTREAL and CHARLOTTETOWN raise the RCN Ensign and Jack during morning Colours while at HMC Dockyard, Halifax on 5 September 2015. Former HMCS IROQUOIS is in the background. Roger Litwiller collection, courtesy Roger Litwiller. (RTL53627) If you enjoy the content I create and find value in the articles on this website, please feel free […]
HMS TROLLOPE -Bermuda
HMS TROLLOPE, a Captain class frigate under going training in Bermuda in February 1944. Picture taken from HMCS TRENTONIAN. Roger Litwiller Collection, Allen E. Singleton, RCNVR photo, courtesy Jack Harold, RCNVR. (RTL-JH033) If you enjoy the content I create and find value in the articles on this website, please feel free to click on the […]
Birth of a Corvette
HMCS TRENTONIAN being launched on 1 September 1943 at Kingston Shipbuilding, Kingston, Ontario. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Hank Winsor. (RTL-HW004) 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 […]
North Atlantic Convoy
Convoy of merchant ships in the North Atlantic in June 1943, with a Merchant Aircraft Carrier (MAC ship). Photo taken from Canadian corvette HMCS ARVIDA.. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Howard Abbott, RCNVR. (RTL-HA071) If you enjoy the content I create and find value in the articles on this website, please feel free to click on […]