RCN Tug GLENSIDE holds HMCS VILLE DE QUEBEC in position off Point Pleasant Park during Battle of Atlantic Commemorations on 5 May 2019. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Roger Litwiller. (RTL-59681)
Busy Halifax Harbour
Two RCN Tugs move a mighty Iroquois class destroyer in Halifax Harbour on 28 July 2017. Once a common scene in HMC Dockyard, this is now history. Tugs GLENSIDE and LISTERVILLE move ex-HMCS ATHABASKAN. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Roger Litwiller. (RTL83238)
RCN Tug GLENBROOK
RCN Tug GLENBROOK holds HMCS VILLE DE QUEBEC in position off Point Pleasant Park during Battle of Atlantic Commemorations on 5 May 2019. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Roger Litwiller. (RTL-59680)
Merchant Tanker -Halifax
With its bow missing and low in the water, tugboats move this damaged Merchant Tanker in Halifax Harbour in 1942. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Ross Milligan, RCNR. (RTL-REM019)
Best of 2017 -An RCN Photo Collection
This past year has been very interesting. I have had several opportunities to visit and record our Canadian Sailors at work, on current taskings, preparing for deployment and building our future Navy. Below are some of my favourite photos from 2017, Canada’s 150th Anniversary! All the photos are available to view in my Flickr Album, 2017 […]
Ships For Victory -Can Canada Build Ships Today
This past week marked an incredible milestone in Canadian shipbuilding history. On 20 September 1943, twelve Canadian built ships were launched simultaneously from shipyards across the nation! During WWII, Canadian industry, mobilized to building for Victory. One of the largest and most important projects was a National Shipbuilding Program. Early in the war the enemy […]
USCGS EAGLE -Photo Series
Recently I had the good fortune to see the United States Coast Guard Ship EAGLE at the Tall Ships Rendezvous 2017 in Halifax, NS. During the course of the five days there were 45 Tall Ships in Halifax harbour.  The rendezvous was part of the Canada 150 celebrations. I took many photos of the ships […]
2016 -TOP 10 RCN PHOTOS
Personal Blog by Roger Litwiller This has been a very productive and fortunate year for me. I have had the good fortune to be able to attend Battle of Atlantic services in Halifax and Ottawa. I was honoured to attend the service and committal ceremony in HMCS MONTREAL off Halifax’s Point Pleasant Park on the […]
The Historical Tragedy of Lac Manitoba Capsizing in the St. Lawrence River
Yesterday there was a tragedy on the St. Lawrence River at Cornwall, Ontario. While towing a large barge to the north span of the international bridge a tug boat and a landing craft capsized and sank in the river. Fortunately there was no loss of life and only the skipper of the landing craft received […]
HMCS OJIBWA Passes Iroquois Lock on the St. Lawrence Seaway.
On June 3 2012, my son Alex and I traveled to Iroquois Lock on the St. Lawrence River west of Cornwall to witness a historic occasion. The retired Cold War submarine HMCS OJIBWA was being moved from Halifax through the St. Lawrence Seaway. HMCSubmarie OJIBWA began her career as the Royal Navy’s Oberon class, HMS […]