Two sailors from HMCS TRENTONIAN rejoin their shipmates after finding an open store in Cherbourg in September 1944. The French Port had been liberated shortly before this photo and had been heavily damaged in the fighting, most stores were still closed. Roger Litwiller Collection, Allen E. Singleton, RCNVR photo, courtesy Bruce Keir, RCNVR. (RTL-BK134)
TRENTONIAN’s Gun Crew
LS Gordon Harley (Hamilton), AB Arthur Slater (Winnipeg) and AB Stan Bennett (Conception Bay), HMCS TRENTONIAN’s after 2 pounder Pom-Pom gun crew in 1944. Roger Litwiller Collection, Allen E. Singleton, RCNVR photo, courtesy Bruce Keir, RCNVR. (RTL-BK159)
Friendly Fire Incident -Normandy
Transferring the body of Captain Eric Troops, HMTS Monarch’s Skipper, from HMCS TRENTONIAN in Portsmouth on 13 June 1944. Capt. Troops was killed during a Friendly Fire incident when his ship and TRENTONIAN were attacked by USS PLUNKETT the night before. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Bruce Keir, RCNVR. (RTL-BK101)
HMCS QUINTE Beached
HMCS QUINTE, partially submerged in St. Peter’s Bay, Cape Breton, after striking Horse Head Shoal on 30 November, 1942. Franklin Marine re-floated the minesweeper a few days later and towed QUINTE to the wall at St. Peter’s canal to continue salvage operations. Unexpectedly she then capsized in St. Peters Canal, laying on her beam ends, […]
Launching HMCS NAPANEE
HMCS NAPANEE creates a giant wave as she is launched at Kingston Shipbuilders on 31 August 1940. She is the first corvette built at Kingston for the war effort. As soon as she was clear, the keel of the second corvette, HMCS PRESCOTT was laid. Marking the first time in Canadian history that a ship […]
HMCS NAPANEE
Hull of RCN corvette NAPANEE, dressed and ready to be launched on 31 August 1940 at Kingston Shipbuilding Yards. The raised platform at the bow is for the dignitaries and Christening ceremony. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Hank Winsor. (RTL-HW007) This photo has been used by Roger Litwiller to create the book, Warships Of The Bay […]
Hometown News
Away from home and serving in HMCS WASAGA, Ross Milligan, RCNR of Trenton, ON enjoys reading his hometown newspaper with the headline that his community will soon have a corvette, HMCS TRENTONIAN named after it. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Ross Milligan, RCNR. (RTL-RM290)
Crossing the Atlantic
Having a little fun, an unidentified member of HMCS TRENTONIAN’s ships company poses inside the air intake in April 1944. Roger Litwiller Collection, Allen B. Singleton, RCNVR photo courtesy Jack Harold, RCNVR. (RTL-JH068)
HMCS NAPANEE
HMCS NAPANEE still retains her mine sweeping gear, after having her foc’s’cle extended in 1943, she has been painted in the Western Isles camouflage scheme. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Robert F.D. Hall. (RTL-RH002) This photo has been used by Roger Litwiller to create the book, Warships Of The Bay Of Quinte, published by Dundurn Publishing […]
HMCS TRENTONIAN Work Ups -Bermuda
Excellent photo of HMCS TRENTONIAN’s stern, looking from the port side of the bridge. A smoke float has been dropped during training evolution’s off Bermuda in February 1944. Roger Litwiller Collection, Allen E. Singleton, RCNVR photo, courtesy Jack Harold, RCNVR. (RTL-JH018) This photo has been used by Roger Litwiller to create the book, Warships Of […]