DEMS Merchant ship, SS Herma (Denmark) at anchor in Sydney Harbour, NS in 1942. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Ross Milligan, RCNR. (RTL-REM043)
RCN Corvette
Unidentified, early war RCN corvette leaving Sydney Harbour in 1941. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy William Belling, RCNVR. (RTL-WB039)
RCN Examination Vessel
RCN examination vessel inspecting Merchant Ships arriving from a convoy at Sydney, NS in 1942. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Ross Milligan, RCNR. (RTL-REM039)
Merchant Ship Sydney, NS.
Merchant ship anchored in Sydney, NS in 1942. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Ross Milligan, RCNR. (RTL-REM038)
SS Drumahoe Pressed into Ocean Service
SS Drumahoe underway to join an ocean convoy out of Sydney Harbour, in her wartime colours in 1942. Owned by Sarnia Steamships Ltd, the Laker has been pressed into wartime ocean service. Photo was taken from HMCS WASAGA. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Ross Milligan, RCNR. (RTL-REM041)
Defensively Equipped Merchant Ship
Defensively Equipped Merchant Ship (DEMS) at anchor in Sydney Harbour, NS. in 1942. Photo taken from HMCS WASAGA. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Ross Milligan, RCNR. (RTL-REM042)
Merchant Ship Underway
Merchant ship underway in Sydney Harbour, NS in 1942. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Ross Milligan, RCNR. (RTL-REM040)
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)
Sydney, NS to St. John’s Convoy
Seven merchants ships from a Sydney, NS to St. John’s convoy approaching their destination in 1942. The convoy is escorted by HMCS WASAGA. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Ross Milligan, RCNR. (RTL-REM048)
Merchant Ship Underway
Merchant ship underway in Sydney Harbour, NS in 1942. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Ross Milligan, RCNR. (RTL-REM045)