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RCN Glen Class Tugs

November 20, 2023 by Roger Litwiller

RCN Glen Class Tugs

RCN Glen class Tugs GLENSIDE and GLENBROOK hold HMCS VILLE DE QUEBEC in position of Point Pleasant Park in Halifax for the Battle of Atlantic Ceremony on 5 May 2019. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Roger Litwiller. (RTL-RTL59685)

Filed Under: Photo of the Day Tagged With: Battle of Atlantic, CPF, Frigate, Glen class Tug, GLENSIDE, HMC Dockyard, HMCS, HMCS VILLE DE QUEBEC, HMCTug GLENBROOK, Naval History, Navy, RCN, Roger Litwiller, Royal Canadian Navy, ships, tugboat

PHOENIX 194

November 15, 2023 by Roger Litwiller

PHOENIX 194

Under escort by HMCS TRENTONIAN, PHOENIX 194 has broken her tow line and is drifting uncontrollably in the convoy channel in the Irish Sea on 19 October 1944. Several attempts were made by the tug crews and the sailors manning the caisson to get another tow line onto Phoenix 194. Eventually the Phoenix crew had […]

Filed Under: Photo of the Day Tagged With: corvette, DDay, History, HMCS, HMCS TRENTONIAN, Invasion, Mulberry Caisson, Mulberry Harbour, Naval History, Navy, Normandy, Operation Neptune, Operation OVERLORD, PHOENIX 194, RCN, Roger Litwiller, Royal Canadian Navy, ships, tugboat, Warships of the Bay of Quinte, White Ensign Flying, WWII

HMCS MONTREAL

October 23, 2023 by Roger Litwiller

HMCS MONTREAL

HMCS MONTREAL is moved from her slip with assistance of RCN Harbour Tugs on 31 August 2015. Roger Litwiller collection, courtesy Roger Litwiller. (RTL13333)

Filed Under: Photo of the Day Tagged With: CPF, Frigate, Glen class Tug, HMC Dockyard, HMCS, HMCS MONTREAL, Naval History, Navy, RCN, Roger Litwiller, Royal Canadian Navy, ships, tugboat, Ville class Tug

Mulberry Caisson -Phoenix 194 and Tug Hisperia

September 18, 2023 by Roger Litwiller

Mulberry Caisson -Phoenix 194 and Tug Hisperia

Concrete caisson, Phoenix 194 and tug Hisperia, underway to Normandy under the escort of HMCS TRENTONIAN in October 1944. The giant caisson will be sunk as part of the Mulberry Harbour off Normandy. The size of the caisson is deceiving in this photo as Hisperia is closer to TRENTONIAN, a second tug, Saucy, is visible behind Hisperia. […]

Filed Under: Photo of the Day Tagged With: corvette, DDay, Hisperia, History, HMCS, HMCS TRENTONIAN, Invasion, Mulberry Harbour, Naval History, Navy, Normandy, Operation Neptune, Operation OVERLORD, Phoenix, RCN, Roger Litwiller, Royal Canadian Navy, Saucy, ships, tugboat, White Ensign Flying, WWII

HMCS MONTREAL

September 1, 2023 by Roger Litwiller

HMCS MONTREAL

HMCS MONTREAL is moved from her slip at HMCDockyard, with the assistance of RCN Harbour Tugs in Halifax on 31 August 2015. Roger Litwiller collection, courtesy Roger Litwiller. (RTL13303)

Filed Under: Photo of the Day Tagged With: CPF, Frigate, Halifax, HMC Dockyard, HMCS, HMCS MONTREAL, Naval History, Navy, North Atlantic, RCN, Roger Litwiller, Royal Canadian Navy, ships, tugboat, Ville class Tug

RCN Tug GLENBROOK

August 30, 2023 by Roger Litwiller

RCN Tug GLENBROOK

RCN Tug CNAV GLENBROOK in Halifax on 1 August 2017. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Roger Litwiller. (RTL14439)

Filed Under: Photo of the Day Tagged With: Glen class Tug, Halifax, History, HMC Dockyard, HMCS, HMCTug GLENBROOK, Naval History, Navy, RCN, Roger Litwiller, Royal Canadian Navy, ships, tugboat

RCN Harbour Tug MERRICKVILLE

July 9, 2023 by Roger Litwiller

RCN Harbour Tug MERRICKVILLE

With a thick puff of black smoke, RCN Harbour Tug MERRICKVILLE gets underway at Halifax on 26 June 2011. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Roger Litwiller. (RTL61000)

Filed Under: Photo of the Day Tagged With: Halifax, Harbour, hmc, HMCS, MERRICKVILLE, Naval History, Navy, RCN, Roger Litwiller, Royal Canadian Navy, ships, tugboat

HMCS CHICOUTIMI

July 2, 2023 by Roger Litwiller

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. (RTL04957)

Filed Under: Photo of the Day Tagged With: Esquimalt, Glen class Tug, HMC Dockyard, HMCS, HMCS CHICOUTIMI, HMCTug Glendale, Maritime Forces Pacific, Naval History, Navy, RCN, Roger Litwiller, Royal Canadian Navy, submarine, tugboat, Victoria Class Submarine

HMCS OJIBWA

June 14, 2023 by Roger Litwiller

HMCS OJIBWA

With only a few inches of clearance on either side of the barge, Florence M. pulls OJIBWA through the Iroquois lock. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Roger Litwiller. (RTL33788)

Filed Under: Photo of the Day Tagged With: Cold War, Florence M, History, HMCS, HMCS OJIBWA, Iroquois Lock, Museum Ship, Naval History, Navy, O Class Submarine, Project Ojibwa, RCN, Roger Litwiller, Royal Canadian Navy, St. Lawrence River, St. Lawrence Seaway, submarine, tugboat

HMCS MONTREAL With Tugs

May 26, 2023 by Roger Litwiller

HMCS MONTREAL With Tugs

HMCS MONTREAL is moved from her slip with assistance of RCN Harbour Tugs on 31 August 2015. Theodore Tugboat appears to be leading the evolution with the Halifax Harbour Hopper watching. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Roger Litwiller. (RTL13322)

Filed Under: Photo of the Day Tagged With: CPF, Frigate, Glen class Tug, Halifax, Harbour Hopper, HMC Dockyard, HMCS, HMCS MONTREAL, Naval History, Navy, RCN, Roger Litwiller, Royal Canadian Navy, ships, Theodore Tugboat, tugboat

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