HMSub SEAWOLF (N47) and HMSub P553 in 1943 alongside HMCS ELK at Digby, NS. Both RN submarines were used to train RCN escort ships in Anti-Submarine Warfare. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Austin Chater, RCNVR/RCNR. (RTL-AC017)
Shore Leave Casablanca
Three of HMS PUNCHER’s ships company together in Casablanca, Morocco during a visit by the Canadian manned escort aircraft carrier in August 1944. Howard Abbott is on the left. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Howard Abbott, RCNVR. (RTL-HA122)
Shoreleave Cherbourg
Several of HMCS TRENTONIAN’s officers enjoy their visit to Cherbourg on 4 October 1944. This was the corvettes first shore leave in France and the recently liberated French port. In the background you can see the rubble from the intense fighting that took place in the city. Pictured left to right: Warrant Engineer Hamilton Hindle, […]
Sentry HMCS PORTAGE
RCN Sailor stands sentry in HMCS PORTAGE in early 1944. HMCS ARNPRIOR is alongside in the background. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Allan “Bud” Bruder, RCNVR. (RTL-AB016)
HMCS ELK
Armed yacht, HMCS ELK (ex-Acadia) at Corner Brook, NF sometime between July 1942 and Sept 1943. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Austin Chater, RCNVR/RCNR. (RTL-AC007)
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 BLAIRMORE
HMCS BLAIRMORE, Bangor class minesweeper assigned to the 31st Minesweeping Flotilla. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Ross Milligan, RCNR. (RTL-REM012)
Ross Milligan, RCNR
Ross Milligan, RCNR in HMCS WASAGA, Plymouth, UK in 1944. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Ross Milligan, RCNR. (RTL-REM001)
Howard Abbott, RCNVR
Howard Abbott, RCNVR in the Canadian manned Escort Aircraft Carrier, HMS PUNCHER, off the coast of Norway, Jan/Feb 1945. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Howard Abbott, RCNVR. (RTL-HA082)
Sailing out of St. John’s
HMCS WASAGA steams out of St. John’s Harbour, NF in the spring of 1943. Excellent photo showing the harbour defences, Fort Amherst is on the left and the anti-submarine netting extends across the entrance. The granite cliffs on both sides have always provided a natural protection to St. John’s. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Ross Milligan, […]