HMCS QUINTE has been patched and refloated after striking Horse Head Rock in Cape Breton, ten days earlier on 30 November 1942. She will be towed to the wall of St. Peter’s Canal to stabilize the ship. QUINTE’s stretch of bad luck is not quite over as she will roll onto her beam ends and […]
HMCS GOOSE BAY at Johnston
HMCS GOOSE BAY passing below the Ogdensburg-Prescott International Bridge on the St. Lawrence River in Johnston, Ontario on 27 June 2016. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Roger Litwiller. (RTL78873)
HMCS ST. JOHN’S
HMCS ST JOHN’S underway in the St. Lawrence River near Brockville on 20 October 2019. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Roger Litwiller. (RTL06715)
Bruce Keir, RCNVR
Bruce Keir, RCNVR in HMCS TRENTONIAN (K368) in 1944. Bruce provided many stories of his service in TRENTONIAN for the books White Ensign Flying and Warships of the Bay of Quinte. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Bruce Keir, RCNVR. (RTL-BK040)
HMCS KINGSTON Cheering Ship
HMCS KINGSTON’s ships company are joined by other RCN ships and sailors, giving outgoing Commander of the RCN, Vice-Admiral Ron Lloyd, “Three Cheers” following the Change-of-Command Ceremony at HMC Dockyard in Halifax on 12 June 2019. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Roger Litwiller. (RTL02130)
Landing Craft Infantry
Landing Craft Infantry off Normandy in June 1944. Photo taken from HMCS WASAGA. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Ross Milligan, RCNR. (RTL-REM145)
HMCS TORONTO Locking Through
HMCS TORONTO’s ships company keeps a careful watch as she transits the St. Lawrence Seaway Lock at Iroquois, Ontario on 8 July 2017. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Roger Litwiller. (RTL82335)
Lieutenant William Harrison, RCNR
Lieutenant William Harrison, RCNR, Commanding Officer HMCS TRENTONIAN, on the boat deck of his corvette, while sailing off the Grand Banks in March 1944. Roger Litwiller Collection, Allen E. Singleton, RCNVR, courtesy of Bruce Keir, RCNVR. (RTL-BK052) This photo and collection have been gathered from the crew of HMCS TRENTONIAN and have been used by […]
HMC Dockyard Esquimalt
Photo of HMC Dockyard Esquimalt taken from HMCS SASKATCHEWAN as the Destroyer returns home in May 1965 following a Far East Cruise. HMCS GRILSE is secured alongside in the centre of the photo. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Brian Rideout. RTL-BR065)
North Atlantic Convoy
Convoy of thirty-seven merchant ships from Halifax to the UK. Photo taken from convoy escort HMCS WASAGA on the starboard side of the convoy in 1942. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Ross Milligan, RCNR. (RTL-REM049)