In March 1944, HMCS TRENTONIAN dropped a single depth charge while in the Grand Banks, off Newfoundland. Thomas Williams of Winnipeg, MB. inspects one of the larger fish caught. Once the fish were cleaned the cooks immediately cooked the fresh bounty in milk. The crew remember this as one of the best meals they had […]
HMS LCT(R) 481
Rocket landing craft, HMS LCT(R) 481 off Normandy June 1944. Photo taken from HMCS WASAGA. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Ross Milligan, RCNR. (RTL-REM141)
HMC NAVAL CAMP St. John’s NF
Sailors from the escort groups could trade their shipboard hammocks for tents at the HMC NAVAL CAMP outside of St. John’s, NF. This photo taken while HMCS WASAGA sailors were at the camp in 1942. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Ross Milligan, RCNR. (RTL-RM292)
HMCS TRENTONIAN Ships Company
HMCS TRENTONIAN’s ships company gather around the corvette’s gangway after the wounded from the damaged cable ship HMTS Monarch had been moved ashore in Portsmouth on 13 June 1944. There will be no shore leave and this will be as close to dry land as the men will get for some time, as Invasion operations are […]
USS HEYWOOD L. EDWARDS
The USN used Bermuda for training as well as Canada. This picture of the newly commissioned USS HEYWOOD L. EDWARDS, a Fletcher class destroyer was taken from HMCS TRENTONIAN on 26 February, 1944. Roger Litwiller Collection, Allen E. Singleton, RCNVR photo, courtesy Jack Harold, RCNVR. (RTL-JH041)
HMS SENNEN
HMS SENNEN (ex- USS CHAMPLAIN, Coast Guard cutter) in Poole Bay passing HMCS TRENTONIAN, 5 June 1944. She was transferred to the Royal Navy under the Lend-Lease Agreement. Roger Litwiller Collection, Allen E. Singleton, RCNVR photo, courtesy Jack Harold, RCNVR. (RTL-JH017)
Busy St. John’s Harbour
St. John’s harbour in Newfoundland is bustling with activity in the spring of 1943. Three fishing vessels work alongside merchant ships and RCN and RN escort ships. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Ross Milligan, RCNR. (RTL-RM315)
Shoreleave Cherbourg
Members of HMCS TRENTONIAN’s crew gather around a central fountain in Cherbourg, France in 4 October 1944. They were given instructions to remain in large groups while taking leave in the recently liberated French port. Roger Litwiller Collection, Allen E. Singleton, RCNVR photo, courtesy Bruce Keir, RCNVR. (RTL-BK137) This photo and collection have been gathered […]
HMCS WASAGA Lookouts
Three of HMCS WASAGA’s bridge lookouts in 1942. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Ross Milligan, RCNR. (RTL-REM023)
HMCS ST. CROIX
HMCS ST. CROIX in 1943, photo taken from HMCS ARVIDA shortly before ST. CROIX was lost in Sept 1943. The two ships did one escort together and may be one of the last photos of this RCN destroyer. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Howard Abbott, RCNVR. (RTL-HA072)