HMCS SHAWINIGAN (2nd), Kingston class, Maritime Coastal Defence Vessel, at the HMC Dockyard in Halifax on 1 July 2012. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Roger Litwiller. (RTL14146) 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 […]
Harbour Hopper Sail Past
The Halifax Harbour Hopper passes HMCShips MONTREAL and PRESERVER at the RCN Dockyard on 31 August 2015. Roger Litwiller collection, courtesy Roger Litwiller. (RTL13293) 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 […]
“The Wedding” -HMCS TRENTONIAN
HMCS TRENTONIAN was at the forefront of the invasion operations, her crew had been on continuous escort duties for almost 50 days without leave. To show their dismay to TRENTONIAN’s skipper, the crew had set aside several days ration of rum, and in the middle of the English Channel while escorting another convoy to Normandy, […]
Sisters of the Space Age
HMCShips IROQUOIS and ATHAABASKAN (right) alongside in HMC Dockyard, Halifax on 5 September 2015. Roger Litwiller collection, courtesy Roger Litwiller. (RTL53701) 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 […]
HMCS MAYFLOWER Pom-Pom Gun
RCN Sailor with HMCS MAYFLOWER’s aft Pom-Pom Gun. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Ralph O’Brien, RCNVR. (RTL -ROB015) 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!” Your […]
HMCS PRINCE DAVID
HMCS PRINCE DAVID moves through the crowded Normandy beachhead, during invasion operations. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Ralph O’Brien, RCNVR. (RTL -ROB006)
MV ASTERIX
MV ASTERIX is being made ready for it’s first deployment with the Royal Canadian Navy and transit to the West Coast on 12 March 2018. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Roger Litwiller. (RTL26678)
HMCS NORSYD
HMCS NORSYD in December 1943 traveling in company with HMCS TRENTONIAN, on the St. Lawrence River. The ice is now clearing for the passage to Halifax by the two newly commissioned corvettes. Roger Litwiller Collection, Allen E. Singleton, RCNVR photo, courtesy Jack Harold, RCNVR. (RTL-JH047)
HMCS ORIOLE
HMCS ORIOLE at Brockville, Ontario on 30 May 2022. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Roger Litwiller. (RTL02473)
HMCS TRENTONIAN Sailors
Several members of HMCS TRENTONIAN’s crew pose for a photo on the corvettes Depth Charge rail in 1944. Roger Litwiller Collection, Allen E. Singleton, RCNVR photo, courtesy Douglas Campbell, RCNVR. (RTL-DC053)