RCN Glen class Tug GLENSIDE at Halifax on 26 June 2011. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Roger Litwiller. (RTL60949)
HMCS MONTREAL -Halifax
HMCS MONTREAL returning to Halifax harbour assisted by RCN Tugs on 28 August 2015. Roger Litwiller collection, courtesy Roger Litwiller. (RTL83157)
Lieutenant Colin S. Glassco, RCNVR
Lieutenant Colin S. Glassco, RCNVR from Hamilton, Ontario became the second Commanding officer of HMCS TRENTONIAN on 31 January 1945. Photo taken after the corvette was torpedoed on 22 February 1945. Roger Litwiller Collection, Allen B. Singleton, RCNVR photo, courtesy Douglas Campbell, RCNVR. (RTL-DC022)
HMCS KINGSTON Dressed
HMCS KINGSTON was fully dressed and rails manned by her Ship’s Company for the Commander Royal Canadian Navy Change-of-Command Ceremony on 12 June 2019 at HMC Dockyard in Halifax. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Roger Litwiller. (RTL02080)
Sunday Service -HMCS WASKESIU
HMCS WASKESIU’s ships company formed up for Sunday Services aboard the River class frigate in April to November 1944. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Austin Chater, RCNVR/RCNR. (RTL-AC040)
HMCS ATHABASKAN
HMCS ATHABASKAN dressed overall is secured astern of HMCS SACKVILLE, in celebration of the RCN Centennial celebrations in Halifax on 29 June 2010. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy David Bustin. (RTL-DB002)
A “Mick” for HMCS WASAGA’s Mascot
Just like any member of the ships’s company, HMCS WASAGA’s mascot had her own hammock. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Ross Milligan, RCNR. (RTL-REM058)
Dover Harbour UK
HMCS TRENTONIAN approaches the harbour entrance at Dover in the English Channel in 1944. From the Straits of Dover the crew of TRENTONIAN could see the British coast with the radar antenna and AA guns from one side of the ship and from the other side, the German occupied French coast with the large artillery […]
HMCS GOOSE BAY at Prescott
HMCS GOOSE BAY underway in the St. Lawrence River at Prescott, Ontario as she enters the Great Lakes for a tour on 27 June 2016. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Roger Litwiller. (RTL78881)
Iceberg Alley
A sailor from HMCS MATAPEDIA watching an iceberg while the corvette escorts a convoy through the Strait of Belle Isle. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy William Belling, RCNVR. (RTL-WB025)