The Burma Bridge rope obstacle on the Assault (Obstacle) Course at HMCS CORNWALLIS in October 1956. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Bill Daniels. (RTL-BD012)
Bridge View -MV ASTERIX
View from MV ASTERIX’s bridge. Photo taken while Asterix was building in the Champlain Drydock at Davie Shipyard in Levis, PQ on 20 July 2017. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Roger Litwiller. (RTL02829)
USS DAVIS
USS Davis was on patrol with USS PLUNKETT off the Normandy Beachhead, when PLUNKETT opened fire on HMCS TRENTONIAN and the cablelayer, HMTS Monarch on 13 June 1944. DAVIS sent her doctor to TRENTONIAN to assist with Monarch’s wounded. Photo was taken from TRENTONIAN the morning after the incident, off the Normandy beachhead. Discover the tragic […]
HMCS KINGSTON at Iroquois Lock
HMCS KINGSTON, Maritime Coastal Defense Vessel, transit Iroquois Lock on the St. Lawrence Seaway as she enters the Great Lakes for a tour on 27 June 2016. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Roger Litwiller. (RTL78830)
Landing Craft -Normandy
HMS LCT 7057 (Landing Craft Tank) heading towards the beaches passing HMCS TRENTONIAN on 7 June 1944. The balloon suspended above her decks was to protect the ship from air attack. The enemy aircraft could not fly close to the ships without being tangled in the heavy wires from the balloons. Roger Litwiller Collection, Allen […]
HMCS SASKATCHEWAN Gunnery Practice
HMCS SASKATCHEWAN firing it’s aft 3 inch 50 calibre aft gun during a gunnery exercise in the Pacific in 1965. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Brian Rideout. RTL-BR020)
Hometown News
Away from home and serving in HMCS WASAGA, Ross Milligan, RCNR of Trenton, ON enjoys reading his hometown newspaper with the headline that his community will soon have a corvette, HMCS TRENTONIAN named after it. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Ross Milligan, RCNR. (RTL-RM290)
HMCS MONTREAL and Future HMCS HARRY DEWOLF
HMCS MONTREAL alongside in HMC Dockyard in Halifax on 12 March 2018. The future-HMCS HARRY DEWOLF is in the background under construction at Irving Shipyards. Montreal has been designated as “X” ship for the RCN and is being used to conduct new experimental procedures and equipment for the fleet. Some of which will be employed […]
Gold Beach
Landing ships of all types pass HMCS MAYFLOWER off Gold Beach in Normandy on 7 June 1944. HMS AJAX can bee seen in the distance. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Ralph O’Brien, RCNVR. (RTL-ROB048)
HMCS HAIDA Flagship Ceremony
HMCS HAIDA is dressed from stem to stern for the ceremony on 26 May 2018 in Hamilton, ON dedicating the Tribal Class Destroyer as the ceremonial Flagship of the Royal Canadian Navy. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy of Roger Litwiller. (RTL67600)