Kingston class MCDV’s, HMCS WHITEHORSE (right) and HMCS EDMONTON alongside at CFB Esquimalt on 19 September 2019. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Roger Litwiller. (RTL05089) If you enjoy the content I create and find value in the articles on this website, please feel free to click on the coffee icon on the bottom right of the […]
HMCS MAYFLOWER Depth Charges
A sailor from HMCS MAYFLOWER beside the port side waist Depth Charge Throwers. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Ralph O’Brien, RCNVR. (RTL -ROB016) If you enjoy the content I create and find value in the articles on this website, please feel free to click on the coffee icon on the bottom right of the webpage and […]
Colours! HMCS MONTREAL
HMCShips MONTREAL and CHARLOTTETOWN raise the RCN Ensign and Jack during morning Colours while at HMC Dockyard, Halifax on 5 September 2015. Former HMCS IROQUOIS is in the background. Roger Litwiller collection, courtesy Roger Litwiller. (RTL53627) If you enjoy the content I create and find value in the articles on this website, please feel free […]
HMS TROLLOPE -Bermuda
HMS TROLLOPE, a Captain class frigate under going training in Bermuda in February 1944. Picture taken from HMCS TRENTONIAN. Roger Litwiller Collection, Allen E. Singleton, RCNVR photo, courtesy Jack Harold, RCNVR. (RTL-JH033) If you enjoy the content I create and find value in the articles on this website, please feel free to click on the […]
Birth of a Corvette
HMCS TRENTONIAN being launched on 1 September 1943 at Kingston Shipbuilding, Kingston, Ontario. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Hank Winsor. (RTL-HW004) If you enjoy the content I create and find value in the articles on this website, please feel free to click on the coffee icon on the bottom right of the webpage and “Buy me […]
CNAV MERRICKVILLE
RCN Harbour Tug MERRICKVILLE underway at Halifax on 26 June 2011. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Roger Litwiller. (RTL61006) If you enjoy the content I create and find value in the articles on this website, please feel free to click on the coffee icon on the bottom right of the webpage and “Buy me a Coffee!” […]
North Atlantic Convoy
Convoy of merchant ships in the North Atlantic in June 1943, with a Merchant Aircraft Carrier (MAC ship). Photo taken from Canadian corvette HMCS ARVIDA.. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Howard Abbott, RCNVR. (RTL-HA071) If you enjoy the content I create and find value in the articles on this website, please feel free to click on […]
HMCS IROQUOIS & HMCS GOOSE BAY
HMCS IROQUOIS passes HMCS GOOSE BAY in Halifax harbour on 6 July 2012. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Roger Litwiller. (RTL64620) If you enjoy the content I create and find value in the articles on this website, please feel free to click on the coffee icon on the bottom right of the webpage and “Buy me […]
RCN Invades Coney Island
Several of HMS PUNCHER’s sailors enjoy shore leave at New York’s famous Coney Island, including Howard Abbott in the front passenger seat in 1944. PUNCHER was an escort aircraft carrier, manned by Canadian sailors during WWII. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Howard Abbott, RCNVR. (RTL-HA111) If you enjoy the content I create and find value in […]
Wounded Sailer
The skipper of HMTS Monarch, Captain Arthur Troops is transferred to HMCS TRENTONIAN with a critical head injury. Troops’ ship, a cablelayer and TRENTONIAN were fired on by USS PLUNKETT on the night of 13 June 1944 while laying a communications cable to Normandy. The Canadian corvette was undamaged, while the cablelayer was severely damaged, […]