With assistance from an RCN tug, HMCS SACKVILLE moves past the Halifax waterfront from the Canadian Navy’s Dockyard to her summer berth downtown on 27 June 2011. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Roger Litwiller. (RTL71102)
True Cost of the Battle of the Atlantic
A critically injured sailor is transferred into HMCS TRENTONIAN. Roger Litwiller Collection, Allen E. Singleton, RCNVR photo, courtesy Bruce Keir, RCNVR. (RTL-BK102)
HMCS WASAGA Ships Company
HMCS WASAGA ship’s company in St. John’s NF in March 1943. The Bangor class minesweeper’s skipper, Lt. J.B. Raine, RCNR is in the centre of the photo with the ships mascot. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Ross Milligan, RCNR. (RTL-RM289)
HMCS PICTOU’s Gunshield Art
Caption on the photo referring to HMCS NAPANEE is incorrect. This is HMCS PICTOU’s gunshield art, designed by her ship’s company and painted on the corvettes forward 4 inch gun, consisting of a Griffin breaking a U-boat in two. The photo was taken in St. John’s NF in 1943. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Ross Milligan, […]
HMS PUNCHER Crash Landing
A Wildcat from HMS PUNCHER damages it’s landing gear as the aircraft lands on the pitching deck of the escort carrier in rough weather. HMS PUNCHER was manned and commanded by sailors from the Royal Canadian Navy. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Howard Abbott, RCNVR. (RTL-HA036)
HMCS TRENTONIAN
HMCS TRENTONIAN at Milford Haven, freshly painted in the Admiralty Disruptive paint scheme in July 1944. Roger Litwiller Collection, Allen E. Singleton, RCNVR photo, courtesy Bruce Keir, RCNVR. (RTL-BK026)
HMS WARSPITE
HMS WARSPITE off Spithead, September 1944. Photo taken from HMCS MAYFLOWER. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Ralph O’Brien, RCNVR. (RTL -ROB065)
RCN Sailor in Casablanca
An RCN Petty Officer from the Canadian manned escort aircraft carrier, HMS Puncher poses with a Palace Guard in Casablanca in early August 1944. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Howard Abbott, RCNVR. (RTL-HA117)
HMCS WASAGA at Memorial Day
Surrounded by local citizens, HMCS WASAGA’s ships company marches off from the ceremony commemorating Memorial Day in Curling, NF on 1 July 1943. Memorial Day commemorates the sacrifice of the 1st Newfoundland Regiment during WWI at the Battle of Beaumont-Hamel and held on the anniversary of the first day of the Battle of the Somme. […]
US Navy Blimp
Protection of the convoys was primarily done by the escort ships and augmented by coastal patrol aircraft of various types. In this picture a US Navy blimp is photographed from HMCS TRENTONIAN while escorting a convoy in March 1944. Roger Litwiller Collection, Allen E. Singleton, RCNVR photo, courtesy Jack Harold, RCNVR. (RTL-JH055)