Many letters were sent home from Royal Canadian Navy sailors during World War II. On occasion a letter would be sent from the Commanding officer of a Canadian ship to the namesake community that supported the ship. This letter by Wm. Harrison, CO of HMCS TRENTONIAN was written to the City of Trenton shortly after […]
HMCS TRENTONIAN Ships Company
HMCS TRENTONIAN’s ships company gather around the corvette’s gangway after the wounded from the damaged cable ship HMTS Monarch had been moved ashore in Portsmouth on 13 June 1944. There will be no shore leave and this will be as close to dry land as the men will get for some time, as Invasion operations are […]
Shoreleave Cherbourg
Members of HMCS TRENTONIAN’s crew gather around a central fountain in Cherbourg, France in 4 October 1944. They were given instructions to remain in large groups while taking leave in the recently liberated French port. Roger Litwiller Collection, Allen E. Singleton, RCNVR photo, courtesy Bruce Keir, RCNVR. (RTL-BK137) This photo and collection have been gathered […]
Ice HMCS TRENTONIAN
HMCS TRENTONIAN entering Halifax harbour on 3 March 1944. This picture is looking aft from the break of the fo’c’sle, the ship is completely covered in ice, railings normally only a few inches wide are as thick as a man’s leg. Roger Litwiller Collection, Allen E. Singleton, RCNVR photo, courtesy Douglas Campbell, RCNVR. (RTL-DC029) This […]
HMCS TRENTONIAN at Fish Dock
Several sailors from HMCS TRENTONIAN, including a Toronto Maple Leafs fan, take a break during boiler cleaning in Milford Haven, late August 1944. The ship is secured to the wall at the fish processing dock, a fishing boat is just ahead of the ship. The fish was unloaded from the boats, heads, tails and guts […]
Shipmates HMCS TRENTONIAN
Stoker Bruce Keir (left) from Scarborough, ON and AB Weldon Runtz, RCNVR of Arnprior, ON. in their number one uniform ready for leave in Londonderry in May 1944. The K368 has been removed from the Kisby ring by censor for photo to be mailed home. Roger Litwiller Collection, Allen E. Singleton, RCNVR photo, courtesy Bruce […]
Landing Ship Normandy
HMCS TRENTONIAN passes the stern of USS LST-377, landing ship discharging men and material to the beach. The ship would drive the bow up onto the beach and just before grounding a large anchor was dropped from the stern. Once unloaded the ship would use a winch to pull itself from the beach towards the […]
Caring for a Wounded Sailor
A critically wounded sailor from the cable ship HMTS MONARCH is carried ashore from RCN corvette HMCS TRENTONIAN on 13 June, 1944 in Portsmouth. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Douglas Campbell, RCNVR. (RTL-DC004)
Rear-Admiral Fairbairn, RN FOIC Milford Haven
Rear Admiral Fairbairn, Flag-Officer-In-Charge Milford Haven arrives by motor launch to inspect HMCS TRENTONIAN in October 1944. Roger Litwiller Collection, Allen B. Singleton, RCNVR photo, courtesy Bruce Keir, RCNVR. (RTL-BK189)
HMCS TRENTONIAN Gunner
Leading Seaman Kenneth McDonald, RCNVR, from Windsor, Ontario during gunnery practice on HMCS TRENTONIAN’s 20mm Oerlikon. Roger Litwiller Collection, Allen E. Singleton, RCNVR photo, courtesy Bruce Keir, RCNVR. (RTL-BK151) This photo and collection have been gathered from the crew of HMCS TRENTONIAN and have been used by Roger Litwiller to create the book, White Ensign […]