Ex-HMCS OJIBWA under tow, passes through the St. Lawrence Seaway lock at Iroquois, Ontario on 3 June 2012. The cold war RCN submarine is being moved to Port Burwell and will become a museum ship. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Roger Litwiller. (RTL33782)
HMSubmarine SEA NYMPH
HMCS TRENTONIAN was diverted from St. John’s, NF. to find and rescue HMSubmarine SEA NYMPH (P225) off the cost of Newfoundland on 4 April 1944. Her dive planes were damaged by pack ice while on patrol in the North Atlantic. Unable to dive, the submarine was vulnerable to attack by both Allied and Axis forces. […]
HMCS OJIBWA
HMCS OJIBWA being towed along the St. Lawrence waterway near Iroquois Lock, 4 June 2012. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Alex Litwiller. (RTL-AJL DSCF9634r)
HMCS VICTORIA
HMCS VICTORIA is undergoing an extended maintenance period in HMC Dockyard Esquimalt on 19 September 2019. HMCS REGINA is in the background. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Roger Litwiller. (RTL05109)
HMCS GRILSE
Sailors from the Canadian submarine HMCS GRILSE are ready to dip the Canadian Naval Ensign in salute to HMCShips SASKATCHEWAN, MACKENZIE and BEACON HILL return to ESQUIMALT from their Far East Cruise in 1965. From 1965 to 1968 the RCN used the national flag as both ensign and jack in their ships. Roger Litwiller Collection, […]
Former HMCS OJIBWA
Ex-HMCS OJIBWA under tow passes through the St. Lawrence Seaway lock at Iroquois, Ontario on 3 June 2012 with Nadro Marine tugs, Florence M (leading) and Lac Manitoba. The cold war RCN submarine is being moved to Port Burwell and will become a museum ship. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Alex Litwiller. (RTL-AJL DSCF9645)
HMCS LEVIS
HMCS LEVIS torpedoed by U 74 on 19 September 1941, 120 miles east of Cape Farewell, Greenland while escorting Convoy SC-44. The torpedo struck the corvette just ahead the 4 inch forward gun, blowing a large hole in her bow. Damage control was initially effective and she was taken in tow. LEVIS remained afloat for […]
HMCS OTTAWA (I)
HMCS OTTAWA (1st), River class destroyer, ex-HMS CRESCENT, Transferred to RCN on 15 June 1938. She was torpedoed by U91 in the North Atlantic on 13 September 1942, killing 114 of her crew. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Jack Harold, RCNVR. (RTL-JH023)
HMCS CHICOUTIMI
Victoria class submarine, HMCS CHICOUTIMI is assisted by RCN tug Glendale during a cold move from Victoria, BC to CFB Esquimalt on 15 September 2019. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Roger Litwiller. (RTL04959)
Ex -OJIBWA at Iroquois Lock
Tugs Florence M. (leading) and Lac Manitoba ease former HMCSubmarine OJIBWA through the Iroquois Lock on the St. Lawrence Seaway on 3 June 2012. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Roger Litwiller. (RTL33805)