HMCS TRENTONIAN’s Chiefs and Petty Officers from all departments pose for a photo following an inspection by Rear-Admiral Fairbairn, RN (FOIC) Milford Haven, in October 1944. Left to Right, Front row: CPO Thomas Roberts, Coxswain, A/SPO William Walsh (Newport, NS), C/ERA Murray Angus (Smith Falls, ON), SPO Earl Bateman (Cobalt, ON) and A/PO Richard Medhurst […]
Refueling at Sea
The tanker’s stern (possibly SS Beaconstreet) towers over HMCS MATAPEDIA as the corvette takes on fuel during a North Atlantic convoy. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy William Belling, RCNVR. (RTL-WB055) 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 […]
Church Service -HMCS WASKESIU
Church Service on board HMCS WASKESIU is conducted by the Padre in October 1944. LCdr J.P. Fraser, RCNR, Commanding Officer (Right of Padre) is giving a reading during the service. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Austin Chater, RCNVR/RCNR. (RTL-AC010) If you enjoy the content I create and find value in the articles on this website, please […]
Leading Seaman Roger J. Oulette
Leading Seaman Roger J. Oulette is painting one of HMCS ARVIDA’s rope ladders. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Howard Abbott, RCNVR. (RTL-HA096) 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 […]
“The Wedding” -HMCS TRENTONIAN
HMCS TRENTONIAN was at the forefront of the invasion operations, her crew had been on continuous escort duties for almost 50 days without leave. To show their dismay to TRENTONIAN’s skipper, the crew had set aside several days ration of rum, and in the middle of the English Channel while escorting another convoy to Normandy, […]
HMCS MAYFLOWER Pom-Pom Gun
RCN Sailor with HMCS MAYFLOWER’s aft Pom-Pom Gun. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Ralph O’Brien, RCNVR. (RTL -ROB015) 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 […]
HMCS PRINCE DAVID
HMCS PRINCE DAVID moves through the crowded Normandy beachhead, during invasion operations. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Ralph O’Brien, RCNVR. (RTL -ROB006)
HMCS NORSYD
HMCS NORSYD in December 1943 traveling in company with HMCS TRENTONIAN, on the St. Lawrence River. The ice is now clearing for the passage to Halifax by the two newly commissioned corvettes. Roger Litwiller Collection, Allen E. Singleton, RCNVR photo, courtesy Jack Harold, RCNVR. (RTL-JH047)
HMS ORIBI
HMS ORIBI, “O” class destroyer, taken from HMCS TRENTONIAN 1944. Roger Litwiller Collection, Allen E. Singleton, RCNVR photo, courtesy Jack Harold, RCNVR. (RTL-JH012)
HMCS TRENTONIAN Sailors
Several members of HMCS TRENTONIAN’s crew pose for a photo on the corvettes Depth Charge rail in 1944. Roger Litwiller Collection, Allen E. Singleton, RCNVR photo, courtesy Douglas Campbell, RCNVR. (RTL-DC053)