Two sailors from HMCS MAYFLOWER’s ships company horse around. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Ralph O’Brien, RCNVR. (RTL-ROB036)
Funeral Capt F. J. Walker, RN
HMCS IROQUOIS ships company provides the Guard of Honor during the funeral of Captain, Frederic John Walker, RN, CB, DSO & Three Bars in Liverpool on 11 July 1944. The funeral was attended by more than 1000 people, RN ratings carried his body on a gun carraige, escorted by sailors from IROQUOIS, through the streets […]
Salvaging HMCS QUINTE
Salvage operations on HMCS QUINTE were begun by the Foundation Maritime’s ship Foundation Aranmore in November 1942, Cape Breton. QUINTE had grounded on Horse Head Shoal and was beached near St. Peter’s, Cape Breton. She was re-floated ten days later and moved to the wall at St. Peter’s Canal to continue pumping operations. The next […]
HMCS TRENTONIAN Killicks
Some of TRENTONIAN’s Killicks, slang for Leading Seaman. Pictured: LS Colin Harvey (Seal Cove, NB.), LS Thomas Williams (Winnipeg, MB.), LS Secord, LS Ken McDonald (Windsor, ON.), LS Aubrey Wells (Dartmouth, NS.), LS E. Scott, LS Arthur Slater (Winnipeg, MB.) , LS John Fournier, Buffer (Windsor, ON.) LS Raymond Lounsbury (Vancouver, BC.). Roger Litwiller Collection, […]
HMCS BELLEVILLE
HMCS BELLEVILLE during adoption ceremony in Kingston on 22 October 1944. The corvette built in Kingston was unable to visit her namesake city, due to the shallow water in the Bay of Quinte. So many Belleville citizens traveled the 100 km to Kingston to adopt their ship. The Curator of the Naval Museum of the […]
Iceburg
Iceberg, possibly taken from HMCS TRENTONIAN or HMCS MAYFLOWER, while crossing North Atlantic in 1944. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Ralph O’Brien, RCNVR. (RTL -ROB075)
Londonderry Harbour at War
HMCS WASAGA underway in the River Foyle, approaching the busy harbour of Londonderry, Ireland in 1944. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Ross Milligan, RCNR. (RTL-REM101)
HMCS MAYFLOWER Sailors
Two RCN sailors in HMCS MAYFLOWER’s searchlight platform while at sea. Unknown date/location. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Ralph O’Brien, RCNVR. (RTL-ROB043)
Landing Craft -Normandy
A large landing craft passes HMCS TRENTONIAN off the beachhead of Normandy, on 7 June 1944. Roger Litwiller Collection, Allen E. Singleton, RCNVR photo, courtesy Bruce Keir, RCNVR. (RTL-BK081) This photo and collection have been gathered from the crew of HMCS TRENTONIAN and have been used by Roger Litwiller to create the book, White Ensign […]
Returning to Duty
Bags are packed and hammocks rolled as two shipmates from HMCS WASAGA, Lew Evans and Robert Massen depart HMC NAVAL CAMP outside of St. John’s, NF in 1942. The camp was provided to sailors from the escort ships as a rest area from normal ship routine. These two are returning to WASAGA and convoy duty […]