HMCS CARAQUET, Bangor class minesweeper assigned to the 31st Minesweeping Flotilla in 1944. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Ross Milligan, RCNR. (RTL-REM004)
Manning Ship -HMCS MONTREAL
Members of HMCS MONTREAL’s ships company Manning Ship during the on board Battle of Atlantic service on 1 May 2016. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Roger Litwiller. (RTL16424)
Hard Landing -HMS PUNCHER
On HMS PUNCHER’s deck a Firefly is returned onto its wheels after flipping on its nose during a landing late in 1945. PUNCHER Is manned by RCN sailors. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Howard Abbott, RCNVR. (RTL-HA038)
Disembarking Wounded Sailors
Wounded and dead sailors from the cablelayer, HMTS Monarch are disembarked from HMCS TRENTONIAN in Portsmouth on 13 June 1944. TRENTONIAN and Monarch had been involved in a deadly friendly fire incident when an American destroyer, USS PLUNKETT opened fire on the two allied ships, mistaking them for enemy e-boats off the Normandy coast. TRENTONIAN […]
HMCS MAYFOWER Passing French Cruiser MONTCALM
HMCS MAYFLOWER steams past the French cruiser MONTCALM in the American sector of the Normandy Beachhead during the invasion of Normandy in June 1944. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Ralph O’Brien, RCNVR. (RTL-ROB019)
SS Lady Rodney
SS Lady Rodney in St. John’s, NF in May 1943. In peacetime, this ship sailed the Caribbean with 130 passengers and cargo, during the war she was converted to carry 500 soldiers. Photo taken from HMCS WASAGA. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Ross Milligan, RCNR. (RTL-REM165)
HMCS TRENTONIAN Officers
Sub-Lieutenant C. LaRose (left), Lieutenant Burley Kinsmen (Centre) and Lieutenant William Harrison on HMCS TRENTONIAN’s bridge during convoy duty on the North Atlantic in March 1944. Roger Litwiller Collection, Allen E. Singleton, RCNVR photo, courtesy Bruce Keir, RCNVR. (RTL-BK038)
Allan “Bud” Bruder in HMCS PORTAGE
Allan “Bud” Bruder (right) with a shipmate aboard HMCS PORTAGE in early 1944. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Allan “Bud” Bruder, RCNVR. (RTL-AB009)
Securing from Harbour Stations
Members of HMCS SUDBURY’s ships company stowing lines in the corvette in 1942. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Ross Milligan, RCNR. (RTL-REM018)
Communication Branch -HMCS TRENTONIAN
Members of HMCS TRENTONIAN Communications Branch pose for a picture after an inspection of their ship in October 1944. Pictured: A/RA4 Joe Gosskie, Telegraphist Vince Hadley, Coder Peter Meyer, Steward George Guthrie, Cook Joseph Bergeron, LS John Founier, Leading Signalman Jack Straw, LS John Shanahan, Telegraphist Tom Farrell and Telegraphist Edmond Poulin. Roger Litwiller Collection, […]