The port at Cardiff, Wales as seen from HMCS TRENTONIAN in October 1944. A busy sea port with several merchants ships discharging their precious cargo’s after making the dangerous voyage across the Atlantic Ocean and attacks by the German U-Boats. Roger Litwiller Collection, Allen E. Singleton, RCNVR photo, courtesy Bruce Keir, RCNVR. (RTL-BK163)
Swim at HMC NAVAL CAMP
Wm Black, S. Morris, Wm. Weaver, Ross Milligan and J. Glass from HMCS WASAGA, enjoy a swim at HMC NAVAL CAMP outside of St. John’s, NF in 1942. The rest camp was provided to sailors from the escort ships to provide a break, away from normal ship board routine. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Ross Milligan, […]
Ice HMCS TRENTONIAN
Just returning to Halifax from the North Atlantic, HMCS TRENTONIAN is heavily covered in ice in February 1944. Her crew could play hockey on the ice covered gun deck in the foreground. Roger Litwiller Collection, Allen E. Singleton, RCNVR photo, courtesy Douglas Campbell, RCNVR. (RTL-DC030)
Tribal Class Destroyers Laying Smoke
HMCS IROQUOIS with HMShips MAURITIUS and URSA steaming at 32 knots and laying smoke screen to evade fire from shore batteries off the west coast of France on 22 August 1944. IROQUOIS and MAURITIUS had been straddled by shells from the Gironde Shore Battery. Roger Litwiller Collection, Lynford Bourne, RCNVR photo, courtesy Battle of Atlantic […]
MAC Ship Recovering Aircraft
Merchant Aircraft Carrier (MAC) ship recovering aircraft while in convoy. One aircraft is just astern of the MAC ship, with a second aircraft already on the forward flight deck. An additional fifteen merchant ships can be seen in the convoy. MAC ships were converted merchant tankers, given a flight deck and up to four fighter […]
HMS DUFF
HMS DUFF, Captain class frigate on patrol in the English channel, as she passes HMCS TRENTONIAN in August 1944. Roger Litwiller Collection, Allen E. Singleton, RCNVR photo, courtesy Bruce Keir, RCNVR. (RTL-BK117)
USS LST-46
American Tank Landing Ship, USS LST-46, off Normandy June 1944. Photo taken from HMCS WASAGA. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Ross Milligan, RCNR. (RTL-REM142)
Roy Evans, RCNVR
HMCS TRENTONIAN’s Leading Steward Roy Evans, RCNVR, from Saskatoon, SK in HMC Dockyard in Halifax in March 1944. Roger Litwiller Collection, Allen E. Singleton, RCNVR photo, courtesy Bruce Keir, RCNVR. (RTL-BK045)
HMS PUNCHER Deck Landing
The Batsman coaches a Firefly onto HMS PUNCHER’s deck in 1945. The escort aircraft carrier is manned by Canadians and is considered to be Canada’s second aircraft carrier. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Howard Abbott, RCNVR. (RTL-HA037)
Mine “Sleeping”
More resembling “mine sleeping,” sailors from HMCS WASAGA take a break during minesweeping operations off the coast of France in 1944. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Ross Milligan, RCNR. (RTL-REM116)