Bangor class minesweeper, HMCS WASAGA in drydock in Dartmouth, NS sometime in 1943. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Ross Milligan, RCNR. (RTL-REM089)
HMCS HAIDA -RCN Flagship
The Canadian Naval Ensign flies once again aboard HMCS HAIDA following the designation of the Tribal class destroyer as the Ceremonial Flagship of the RCN in a ceremony on 26 May 2018 in Hamilton, ON. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy of Roger Litwiller. (RTL67606)
HMS PEVENSEY CASTLE
HMS PEVENSEY CASTLE, Castle class corvette comes alongside a burning freighter, the MV Cromarty to assist with firefighting. HMCS TRENTONIAN (foreground) has already gone alongside the burning ship and transferred over firefighting equipment and has now started an Asdic sweep around the freighter and Castle class corvette in January 1945 in the Irish Sea. Roger […]
HMCS QUINTE Refloated
HMCS QUINTE has been patched and refloated after striking Horse Head Rock in Cape Breton, ten days earlier on 30 November 1942. She will be towed to the wall of St. Peter’s Canal to stabilize the ship. QUINTE’s stretch of bad luck is not quite over as she will roll onto her beam ends and […]
Bruce Keir, RCNVR
Bruce Keir, RCNVR in HMCS TRENTONIAN (K368) in 1944. Bruce provided many stories of his service in TRENTONIAN for the books White Ensign Flying and Warships of the Bay of Quinte. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Bruce Keir, RCNVR. (RTL-BK040)
Landing Craft Infantry
Landing Craft Infantry off Normandy in June 1944. Photo taken from HMCS WASAGA. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Ross Milligan, RCNR. (RTL-REM145)
HMCS WASAGA in Refit
Ross Milligan (sitting) with ship mate, Wm. Weaver at Dartmouth, NS while their ship HMCS WASAGA is in refit behind them in 1943. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Ross Milligan, RCNR. (RTL-REM086)
Lieutenant William Harrison, RCNR
Lieutenant William Harrison, RCNR, Commanding Officer HMCS TRENTONIAN, on the boat deck of his corvette, while sailing off the Grand Banks in March 1944. Roger Litwiller Collection, Allen E. Singleton, RCNVR, courtesy of Bruce Keir, RCNVR. (RTL-BK052) This photo and collection have been gathered from the crew of HMCS TRENTONIAN and have been used by […]
North Atlantic Convoy
Convoy of thirty-seven merchant ships from Halifax to the UK. Photo taken from convoy escort HMCS WASAGA on the starboard side of the convoy in 1942. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Ross Milligan, RCNR. (RTL-REM049)
New Recruits -HMCS CORNWALLIS
New Canadian Navy recruits outside the barracks at HMCS CORNWALLIS during WWII. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Howard Abbott, RCNVR. (RTL-HA106)