HMCS QUINTE, partially submerged in St. Peter’s Bay, Cape Breton, after striking Horse Head Shoal on 30 November, 1942. Franklin Marine re-floated the minesweeper a few days later and towed QUINTE to the wall at St. Peter’s canal to continue salvage operations. Unexpectedly she then capsized in St. Peters Canal, laying on her beam ends, […]
HMCS TRENTONIAN Sailors
Some of HMCS TRENTONIAN’s crew take a break from duties in Halifax. Pictured: OS John Holden, AB Walter Barber, AB Darcy Graham, AB Stanley Bennett, PO Richard Medhurst, AB Robert Gray, AB Gordon Simpson, Coder J. Roberts, AB Gordon Harley, AB A. Elslinger and Leading Stoker Francis Walsh. Roger Litwiller Collection, Allen E. Singleton, RCNVR […]
HMSubmarine N34
HMCS SKEENA conducted anti-submarine exercises with HMSubmarine N34 off Lough Foyle on 9 December 1942. Photo taken from SKEENA. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy William Belling, RCNVR. (RTL-WB076) If you enjoy the content I create and find value in the articles on this website, please feel free to click on the coffee icon on the bottom […]
HMCS ELK -Paint Ship
Austin Chater, RCNVR in HMCS ELK gives the armed yacht a fresh coat of paint in 1942-43. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Austin Chater, RCNVR/RCNR. (RTL-AC022) If you enjoy the content I create and find value in the articles on this website, please feel free to click on the coffee icon on the bottom right of […]
RCN Communicator HMS PUNCHER
One of HMS PUNCHER’s stands ready during operations in the Canadian manned aircraft carrier during WWII. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Howard Abbott, RCNVR. (RTL-HA076) If you enjoy the content I create and find value in the articles on this website, please feel free to click on the coffee icon on the bottom right of the […]
St. Lawrence Ice
With HMCS NORSYD directly ahead of HMCS TRENTONIAN and Icebreaker Earnest LaPointe leading, the two new RCN corvettes sail through the ice of the St. Lawrence River in route to Halifax in December 1943. Roger Litwiller Collection, Allen E. Singleton, RCNVR photo, courtesy Jack Harold, RCNVR. (RTL-JH048) If you enjoy the content I create and […]
Troop Ship Juno Beach
Anchored near Juno Beach a troop ship passes HMCS TRENTONIAN, soldiers fill her upper decks, ready to land at Normandy on 7 June 1944. When the soldiers see TRENTONIAN’s maple leaf on her funnel they begin to cheer. The ship is carrying French Canadian troops destined for Juno Beach. Roger Litwiller Collection, Allen E. Singleton, […]
Launching HMCS NAPANEE
HMCS NAPANEE creates a giant wave as she is launched at Kingston Shipbuilders on 31 August 1940. She is the first corvette built at Kingston for the war effort. As soon as she was clear, the keel of the second corvette, HMCS PRESCOTT was laid. Marking the first time in Canadian history that a ship […]
Battleship COURBET
The Free French battleship COURBET off Sword Beach on 7 June 1944. The battleship was built in 1913. For the invasion of Normandy, it has been stripped and will be sunk as part of Gooseberry 5 at Sword Beach to form a breakwater to protect the small landing craft. Over sixty ships would be sunk […]
HMSub SEAWOLF with HMCS ACADIA
HMSub SEAWOLF N47 alongside HMCS ACADIA in 1943. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Austin Chater, RCNVR/RCNR. (RTL-AC019) If you enjoy the content I create and find value in the articles on this website, please feel free to click on the coffee icon on the bottom right of the webpage and “Buy me a Coffee!” Your contribution […]