RCN sailors from HMCS GRIFFON in Port Arthur, ON. (Thunder Bay) rigging a whaler for a sail, sometime between 1943 and 1945. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Allan “Bud” Bruder, RCNVR. (RTL-AB004)
HMCS ARVIDA Boat Crew
HMCS ARVIDA’s boat crew with the corvettes 27 foot whaler in 1943. Front to back: Peter DeBeck, Bud Briggs, Ivan Bennett, Jim Fraser, and Bob Langraff. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Howard Abbott, RCNVR. (RTL-HA104)
Shore Leave St. Thomas, VI.
Anchored in the harbour of St. Thomas, Virgin Islands, HMCS OTTAWA’s ship’s company use the ship’s whaler for shore leave in Jan/Feb 1981. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Roger Litwiller. (RTL-RTL251115106)
Away Boats Crew
HMCS OTTAWA’s boat crew at work. During CARIBOPS, competitions among the RCN ships were common. In February 1981 the fleet came to a stop and each of the destroyers lowered their 27 foot whalers. Each boat crew had to pull their boat around the ship once and then return aboard into the davits. The first […]
Away Boats Crew
HMCS OTTAWA’s boat crew at work. During CARIBOPS, competitions among the RCN ships were common. In February 1981 the fleet came to a stop and each of the destroyers lowered their 27 foot whalers. Each boat crew had to pull their boat around the ship once and then return aboard into the davits. The first […]
Away Boats Crew
HMCS OTTAWA’s boat crew at work. During CARIBOPS, competitions among the RCN ships were common. In February 1981 the fleet came to a stop and each of the destroyers lowered their 27 foot whalers. Each boat crew had to pull their boat around the ship once and then return aboard into the davits. The first […]
Whaler Sail
Whaler sail with a group of RCN sailors from HMCS GRIFFON on Lake Superior in Thunder Bay in 1943-45. Note the two ladies in the boat, possibly WRCNS. PO Allan “Bud” Bruder is in the centre of the photo facing camera with cap on. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Allan “Bud” Bruder, RCNVR. (RTL-AB003)