HMCS WASAGA’s ships company and the Newfoundland Home Guard march off from the ceremony commemorating Memorial Day in Curling NF on 4 July 1943. Memorial Day commemorates the sacrifice of the 1st Newfoundland Regiment during WWI at the Battle of Beaumont-Hamel and held on the anniversary of the first day of the Battle of the […]
HMCS NORSYD
HMCS NORSYD on the North Atlantic in route to Halifax from Quebec City, December 1944. Photo Taken from HMCS TRENTONIAN. Roger Litwiller Collection, Allen E. Singleton, RCNVR photo, courtesy Jack Harold, RCNVR. (RTL-JH026)
HMCS VICTORIA
HMCS VICTORIA undergoes extended maintenance at the RCN Dockyard in Esquimalt, BC. on 19 September 2019. HMCS REGINA is in the background receiving its Battle of the Atlantic 75th Anniversary Commemorative camouflage paint scheme. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Roger Litwiller. (RTL05101)
Shoreleave Azores
Canadian Sailor from HMCS WASAGA enjoys shore leave in Horta in the Azores in February 1944. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Ross Milligan, RCNR. (RTL-REM149)
Arctic and Offshore Patrol Ships
Assisted by RCN tug Glenevis, HMCS HARRY DEWOLF approaches the jetty in HMC Dockyard, Halifax on 16 December 2021. The AOPS will secure astern of it’s sister the future HMCS MARGARET BROOKE (431). Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Roger Litwiller. (RL210084)
Mulberry Harbour -Arromanches
Photo of Mulberry B at Arromanches taken from HMCS TRENTONIAN. The line of block ships are visible to the left side of the photo and the Phoenix caissons can be seen on both sides of the entrance to the artificial harbour with the picturesque coast of France in the background. The Mulberry Harbours were designed […]
HMCShips GLACE BAY and SHAWINIGAN
HMCS GLACE BAY with HMCS SHAWINIGAN astern at the RCN Dockyard in Halifax on 1 July 2012. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Roger Litwiller. (RTL14148)
HMCS ARVIDA Refueling in Convoy
While escorting a convoy on the North Atlantic, HMCS ARVIDA takes on fuel from a tanker in the convoy in August 1943. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Howard Abbott, RCNVR. (RTL-HA091)
RCN Fleet Underway
Steaming together to the Caribbean are HMCShips ASSINIBOINE, ATHABASKAN, and NIPIGON in January 1981. Photo taken from HMCS OTTAWA. Note: Scanned from original 110 Negative. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Roger Litwiller. (RTL-RTL300416006)
Troop Ship Portsmouth
Troop ship boarding soldiers for transport to Normandy at Portsmouth in June 1944. Photo taken from HMCS TRENTONIAN. Roger Litwiller Collection, Allen E. Singleton, RCNVR photo, courtesy Bruce Keir, RCNVR. (RTL-BK107)