HMCS ST. JOHNS and PRESERVER with a second frigate in Halifax, 27 June 2011. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Roger Litwiller. (RTL71108)
HMCS PRESCOTT
HMCS PRESCOTT leaving Kingston in June 1941. An early war corvette, built at Kingston Shipyards, she would be completed and commissioned in Montreal. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy of Hank Winsor. (RTL-HW014)
HMCS CHARLOTTETOWN
HMCS CHARLOTTETOWN passes the stern of HMCS SACKVILLE while underway in Halifax Harbour on 7 July 2003. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Roger Litwiller. (100_1593)
AB Thomas Riley, HMCS ARVIDA
Able Seaman Thomas Riley from Hamilton, Ontario in HMCS ARVIDA in 1943. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Howard Abbott, RCNVR. (RTL-HA102)
HMCS ST. JOHN`S
HMCS ST. JOHN’S sits on the Syncrolift at Fleet Maintenance Facility CAPE SCOTT in Halifax on 2 September 2018. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Roger Litwiller. (RTL98647)
HMCS NAPANEE
HMCS NAPANEE still retains her mine sweeping gear, after having her foc’s’cle extended in 1943, she has been painted in the Western Isles camouflage scheme. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Robert F.D. Hall. (RTL-RH002) This photo has been used by Roger Litwiller to create the book, Warships Of The Bay Of Quinte, published by Dundurn Publishing […]
Sea King and Avenger
A Sikorsky CH-124 Sea King with a RCN Grumman Avenger TBM-3 at the Shearwater Aviation Museum on 6 December 2021. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Roger Litwiller. (RTL00650)
Mulberry Pierhead
Part of the Mulberry Harbour known as a Spud Pierhead is being towed to Normandy, under the close escort of HMCS TRENTONIAN, in June 1944. The four pilings were secured to the sea bed allowing the deck to rise and fall with the tides, the merchant ships and LST’s could then discharge their cargo onto […]
HMC Dockyard -Esquimalt
HMC Dockyard, Esquimalt is home to Canada’s West Coast Fleet and is buzzing with activity on 21 September 2019. In this photo are Kingston class MCDV’s EDMONTON and WHITHORSE, Victoria class submarines CHICOUTIMI and VICTORIA. On the far side of the jetty is Halifax class frigates, REGINA alongside and two others behind. Roger Litwiller Collection, […]
HMCS TRENTONIAN Sailors
Three of HMCS TRENTONIAN’s shipmates, LS Gordon Harley (left), AB Robert Gray (centre) and AB Frank Barron (right), ready for shore leave in Milford Haven, 1944. Roger Litwiller Collection, Allen E. Singleton, RCNVR photo, courtesy Tom Farrell, RCNVR. (RTL-TF083)