View of St. John’s harbour during the war in 1943. The ship repair facilities are on the left side of the photo, with several merchant ships anchored in the harbour for waiting repairs of damage sustained from UBoats. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Ross Milligan, RCNR. (RTL-RM276)
Returning to Duty
Bags are packed and hammocks rolled as two shipmates from HMCS WASAGA, Lew Evans and Robert Massen depart HMC NAVAL CAMP outside of St. John’s, NF in 1942. The camp was provided to sailors from the escort ships as a rest area from normal ship routine. These two are returning to WASAGA and convoy duty […]
Convoy LC44 from Sydney, NS
SS James Stuart and SS Charles Huntley in Convoy LC44 from Sydney, NS to St. John’s, NF on 9 September 1942. The two merchant ships are part of a five ship convoy, escorted by HMCS WASAGA. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Ross Milligan, RCNR. (RTL-REM047)
HMCS WASAGA’s Ship’s Company
HMCS WASAGA’s ship’s company formed up on the jetty alongside their ship in St. John’s, Newfoundland in November 1942. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Ross Milligan, RCNR. (RTL-REM095)
Torpedoed Merchant Tanker
A merchant tanker anchored with a large torpedo hole midships sits in St. John`s harbour on Newfoundland in 1942. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Ross Milligan, RCNR. (RTL-REM158)
Sydney to St. John`s Convoy
Convoy LC44 sailing from Sydney, NS to St John’s, NF on 9 September 1942. The five ship convoy consisted of the merchant ships, Drumahoe, Connector, William Schupp, James Stuart and Charles Huntley, escorted by HMCS WASAGA. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Ross Milligan, RCNR. (RTL-REM046)
HMS JED
HMS JED, a RN River class frigate passes HMCS TRENTONIAN in St. John’s harbour on 2 April 1944. Roger Litwiller Collection, Allen E. Singleton, RCNVR photo, courtesy Jack Harold, RCNVR. (RTL-JH038)
RCN Sailors Glass & McKay at HMC NAVAL CAMP
Jack Glass and McKay from HMCS WASAGA at HMC NAVAL CAMP outside of St. John’s, NF in 1942. The rest camp was provided to sailors from the escort ships to have a break away from ship board routine. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Ross Milligan, RCNR. (RTL-RM298)
HMCS TRENTONIAN Goes Deep Sea Fishing
HMCS TRENTONIAN joined the East Coast fishing fleet, when her Commanding Officer, Lt. Bill Harrison orders a single depth charge dropped from the corvette, while off the Grand Banks in March 1944. TRENTONIAN’s whaler was then lowered and the boat crew picked up this incredible bounty from the sea. Once on the corvette’s deck, the […]
U-Boat Survivor -St. John’s, NF.
For many of the younger crew members in HMCS TRENTONIAN this merchant ship, possibly the Dutch freighter SS Moderita, was their first taste of why they were escorting convoys. She was torpedoed by a German U-boat on the North Atlantic, blowing a large hole in her bow, she was able to make her way to […]