Sikorsky CH-124 Sea King Helicopter serial number 12401 on display at the Shearwater Aviation Museum. Returned to her original Royal Canadian Navy colours, representing the longest continuously serving aircraft in the Canadian Forces. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Roger Litwiller. (RTL98696)
HMS DURBAN
HMS DURBAN, a “D” class light cruiser built in 1921 is the convoy commodore for the CornCob Convoy that HMCS TRENTONIAN escorted to Normandy on 7 July 1944. The cruiser has been stripped of her fittings and primary weapons and is destined to be sunk and become part of the Gooseberry breakwater, protecting the beaches […]
HMCS IROQUOIS
HMCS IROQUOIS alongside at the RCN Dockyard in Halifax on 7 July 2012. HMCS TORONTO is in the foreground. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Roger Litwiller. (RTL74904)
HMCS SACKVILLE Refit
View of SACKVILLE from the fourth deck of the maintenance shed. In 2018, HMCS SACKVILLE entered the submarine maintenance shed at Fleet Maintenance Facility, CAPE SCOTT at HMC Dockyard in Halifax for badly needed repairs to her hull. The facility is designed to fit the RCN’s Victoria class submarines, fortunately it can also hold a […]
Canadian Pacific Merchant Sailor
Unidentified Canadian Pacific merchant sailor in 1944-45. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Allan “Bud” Bruder, RCNVR. (RTL-AB017)
RAS -HMCS PROTECTEUR
HMCS OTTAWA moves alongside of HMCS PROTECTEUR for a RAS in February 1981. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Roger Litwiller. (RTL-RTL300416024)
HMCS NIOBE, Scotland
The Royal Canadian Navy’s Manning Depot, HMCS NIOBE (2nd) in February 1945, located in the Smithson Institute at Greenock Scotland. Following the torpedoing of their ship, the survivors of HMCS TRENTONIAN were transferred to NIOBE to wait for travel orders for survivors leave in Canada. Roger Litwiller Collection, Allen E. Singleton, RCNVR photo, courtesy Bruce […]
HMCS SHAWINIGAN (2nd)
HMCS SHAWINIGAN departing Halifax Harbour on 30 April 2016. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Roger Litwiller. (RTL06315)
USS ALABAMA
HMCS SKEENA steams past the US Navy battleship, USS ALABAMA in July 1943. Possibly in Iceland or Scapa Flow. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy William Belling, RCNVR. (RTL-WB092)
HMCS MONTREAL
HMCS MONTREAL on the sycrolift undergoing maintenance on 6 December 2021. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Roger Litwiller. (RTL00579)