HMCS MORDEN, on the marine railway at Lunenburg, NS, June 1943. The crew have hung their laundry over the ships rails to dry. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Raymond Leslie Reid, RCNVR. (RTL-RLR006)
French Corvette Sailor
Caption on back of photo, “In Scotland with French Sailor.” Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Ralph O’Brien, RCNVR. (RTL -ROB077)
UK Harbour During WWII
Merchant ships in an unknown harbour in the UK, being unloaded with vital supplies. Roger Litwiller Collection, Ralph O’Brien, RCNVR. (RTL -ROB032)
Ready to Assist Burning Freighter
HMCS TRENTONIAN’s crew have been closed up to assist with firefighting operations for a freighter on fire in the Irish sea. This group watch the events from the corvette’s foc’s’le and gun deck in January 1945. Roger Litwiller Collection, Allen E. Singleton, RCNVR photo, courtesy Bruce Keir, RCNVR. (RTL-BK194) This photo and collection have been […]
HMCS MAYFLOWER
HMCS MAYFLOWER dropping a depth charge. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Ralph O’Brien, RCNVR. (RTL-ROB009)
HMCS IROQUOIS Floral Sea Boat
HMCS IROQUOIS’s sea boat returns to the destroyer after sending a shore party to the liberated Channel Island of Ile d’Yeu on 27 August 1944. The grateful islanders showered the RCN sailors with flowers (visible on deck) and cake, being the first allied force to arrive on the island after the Germans had retreated. IROQUOIS’s […]
HMSubmarine SEA NYMPH
HMCS TRENTONIAN was diverted from St. John’s, NF. to find and rescue HMSubmarine SEA NYMPH (P225) off the cost of Newfoundland on 4 April 1944. Her dive planes were damaged by pack ice while on patrol in the North Atlantic. Unable to dive, the submarine was vulnerable to attack by both Allied and Axis forces. […]
HMCS NIAGARA I 57
HMCS NIAGARA I 57, Town class destroyer, ex-USS THATCHER. Originally built in 1919 for the USN and was in commission as USS THATCHER until 1922, when she was placed in reserve. The destroyer was transferred to the RCN and commissioned on 24 September 1940 as HMCS NIAGARA as part of the Lend-Lease Agreement. NIAGARA remained […]
Minesweeping
Sailors from HMCS WASAGA take a break during minesweeping operations off the coast of France. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Ross Milligan, RCNR. (RTL-REM113)
St. John’s NF at War
View of St. John’s harbour during the war in 1943. The ship repair facilities are on the left side of the photo, with several merchant ships anchored in the harbour for waiting repairs of damage sustained from UBoats. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Ross Milligan, RCNR. (RTL-RM276)