HMS COTSWOLD, Type I -Hunt class destroyer escort, departs Portsmouth for a patrol in the English Channel in July 1944. Photo taken from HMCS TRENTONIAN. Roger Litwiller Collection, Allen E. Singleton, RCNVR photo, courtesy Bruce Keir, RCNVR. (RTL-BK113)
HMCS RCN Guard -HAIDA Flagship Ceremony
A massed Guard of Honour, Colour Party and Naval Band, consisting of sailors from five Naval Reserve Units, including HMCS STAR from Hamilton, HMCS YORK from Toronto, HMCS PREVOST from London, HMCS CATARAQUI from Kingston and HMCS GRIFFON from Thunder Bay. It was an impressive show for the dedication of HMCS HAIDA as the RCN’s […]
PRINZ EUGEN -Copenhagen, Denmark
German Navy’s Admiral Hipper class cruiser, PRINZ EUGEN surrendered at Copenhagen, Denmark in May 1945. Photo taken from HMCS IROQUOIS, who formed part of the Allied escort for the cruiser and the Leipzig class cruiser NURMBERG to Wilhelmshaven, Germany for their formal surrender to the Allies. Roger Litwiller Collection, Lynford Bourne, RCNVR photo, courtesy Battle […]
HMCS MONTREAL
HMCS MONTREAL in Halifax on 30 April 2016. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Roger Litwiller. (RTL06342)
HMCS MORDEN K 170
Stern photo of HMCS MORDEN, K 170 at Lunenburg, NS. in June 1943, showing her stern depth charge and mine-sweeping arrangement. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Raymond Leslie Ried, RCNVR. (RTL-RLR005)
HMCS SHAWINIGAN
HMCS SHAWINIGAN departing Halifax Harbour for the North Atlantic on 30 April 2016. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Roger Litwiller. (RTL06308)
Jack-Stay Transfer -HMCS BEACON HILL
A sailor is transferred by Jack-Stay from HMCS BEACON HILL to HMCS SASKATCHEWAN while underway during a Far East Cruise in 1965. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Brian Rideout. (RTL-BR071)
HMCS TRENTONIAN’s Skipper and NavO
Lieutenant Harrison (left), Commanding Officer of HMCS TRENTONIAN on the corvette’s bridge with the new Navigation Officer, Lieutenant John Macbeth, RCNVR. from British Columbia, in June 1944. Roger Litwiller Collection, Allen E. Singleton, RCNVR photo, courtesy Tom Farrell, RCNVR. (RTL-TF014) This photo and collection have been gathered from the crew of HMCS TRENTONIAN and have […]
HMCS CHARLOTTETOWN
HMCS CHARLOTTETOWN underway in Halifax Harbour on 7 July 2003. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Roger Litwiller. (100_1591)
HMS NABOB at Vancouver.
HMS NABOB taken from HMS PUNCHER at Vancouver while both escort aircraft carriers were completing in February 1943. PUNCHER (foreground) is in the builders hands, just starting conversion to RN standards, while NABOB is undergoing trials in preparation for going into service. NABOB and PUNCHER retained there HMS designation even though they were manned by […]