SS Lady Rodney in St. John’s, NF in May 1943. In peacetime, this ship sailed the Caribbean with 130 passengers and cargo, during the war she was converted to carry 500 soldiers. Photo taken from HMCS WASAGA. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Ross Milligan, RCNR. (RTL-REM165)
Troop Ship Juno Beach
Anchored near Juno Beach a troop ship passes HMCS TRENTONIAN, soldiers fill her upper decks, ready to land at Normandy on 7 June 1944. When the soldiers see TRENTONIAN’s maple leaf on her funnel they begin to cheer. The ship is carrying French Canadian troops destined for Juno Beach. Roger Litwiller Collection, Allen E. Singleton, […]
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)
Troopship -June 1944
Heavily armed, large troopship leaving Portsmouth in route to Normandy, June 1944. Photo taken from HMCS TRENTONIAN. Roger Litwiller Collection, Allen E. Singleton, RCNVR photo, courtesy Jack Harold, RCNVR. (RTL-JH027)
HMCS PRINCE DAVID
HMCS PRINCE DAVID, infantry landing ship, at Portsmouth 8 June 1944. Many of the ships allocated to the initial phases of the invasion had to return for supplies. All of PRINCE DAVID’s landing craft were damaged, sunk or beached during the first day, requiring replacements. Roger Litwiller Collection, Allen E. Singleton photo, courtesy of Bruce […]
RMS Queen Elizabeth
The Cunard liner RMS Queen Elizabeth in her ghost colours, in Halifax late February or early March 1944. The luxury liner was converted as a troopship, capable of carrying 15,000 troops at a time, she was photographed from HMCS TRENTONIAN while secured at Pier 21. Roger Litwiller Collection, Allen E. Singleton, RCNVR photo, courtesy Bruce […]
Troop Ship -French Canadian Regiment
Troop ship anchored near HMCS TRENTONIAN with French Canadians soldiers, begins to disembark soldiers into landing craft on 7 June 1944 off the Normandy beachhead. When the Canadian soldiers noticed the Maple Leaf on TRENTONIAN’s funnel the soldiers cheered their navy brothers, which was promptly returned by corvettes ship’s company. Roger Litwiller Collection, Allen E. […]