HMCS TRENTONIAN entering Halifax harbour on 3 March 1944. This picture is looking aft from the break of the fo’c’sle, the ship is completely covered in ice, railings normally only a few inches wide are as thick as a man’s leg. Roger Litwiller Collection, Allen E. Singleton, RCNVR photo, courtesy Douglas Campbell, RCNVR. (RTL-DC029) This […]
HMCS CAMROSE
Excellent photo of HMCS CAMROSE, Flower class corvette. The picture clearly shows the short foc’s’le construction of the early corvettes with the main mast before the bridge. Unlike the RN’s corvettes the after gun tub is placed further aft in the RCN corvettes. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Raymond Leslie Reid, RCNVR. (RTL-RLR022)
HMCS MAYFLOWER’s Pom-Pom
HMCS MAYFLOWER’s aft Pom-Pom with lookout in the searchlight tub above. Unknown date/time. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Ralph O’Brien, RCNVR. (RTL-ROB017)
HMCS HAIDA Forward Guns
Forward A and B guns on HMCS HAIDA on 8 July 2016. HMCS HAIDA is now a National Historic site and preserved as a museum ship by Parks Canada in Hamilton, ON. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Roger Litwiller. (RTL89877)
HMCS TRENTONIAN at Fish Dock
Several sailors from HMCS TRENTONIAN, including a Toronto Maple Leafs fan, take a break during boiler cleaning in Milford Haven, late August 1944. The ship is secured to the wall at the fish processing dock, a fishing boat is just ahead of the ship. The fish was unloaded from the boats, heads, tails and guts […]
Radar Towers over Dover
The white cliffs of Dover as seen from HMCS TRENTONIAN. The haziness of the photo is due to the lingering smoke screen. Above the cliffs to the left of the photo, radar towers can be seen in the distance and flying above the breakwater are barrage balloons. Roger Litwiller Collection, Allen E. Singleton, RCNVR photo, […]
HMS PUNCHER -Deck Crash
A Barracuda nosed into HMS PUNCHER’s flight deck, the rear gunner was slightly injured according to Howard Abbott, the angle of the plane made rescue difficult. Puncher was manned and operated by the Royal Canadian Navy, but retained her HMS designation under the terms of the “Lend/Lease” Agreement, and considered Canada’s second aircraft carrier after […]
Hospital Ship -Normandy
A Hospital Ship anchored off the beaches of Normandy, July 1944. The sunken block ships can be seen outside the Mulberry Harbour in the background. Roger Litwiller Collection, Allen E. Singleton, RCNVR photo, courtesy Bruce Keir, RCNVR. (RTL-BK125)
HMCS TRENTONIAN -Montreal
Stern view of HMCS TRENTONIAN starboard side, looking aft from the corvette’s bridge, while in Montreal, December 1943. Roger Litwiller Collection, Allen E. Singleton, RCNVR photo, courtesy Jack Harold, RCNVR. (RTL-JH051)
HMCS KENORA
HMCS KENORA from HMCS WASAGA as the two ships are off the Azores in February/March 1944. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Ross Milligan, RCNR. (RTL-REM121)