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HMCS MAYFLOWER Off Normandy

August 21, 2021 by Roger Litwiller

HMCS MAYFLOWER Off Normandy

View from HMCS MAYFLOWER off the Normandy beachhead in June 1944. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Ralph O’Brien, RCNVR. (RTL -ROB050)

Filed Under: Photo of the Day Tagged With: corvette, DDay, HMCS, HMCS MAYFLOWER, Invasion, Landing Ship, Merchant Ship, Naval History, Navy, Normandy, Operation Neptune, Operation OVERLORD, RCN, Roger Litwiller, Royal Canadian Navy, ships, WWII

HMCS SHAWINIGAN

August 17, 2021 by Roger Litwiller

HMCS SHAWINIGAN

View from bow of HMCS SHAWINIGAN, Flower Class corvette. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Raymond Leslie Ried, RCNVR. (RTL-RLR026)

Filed Under: Photo of the Day Tagged With: Battle of Atlantic, corvette, HMCS, HMCS SHAWINIGAN, Naval History, Navy, North Atlantic, RCN, Roger Litwiller, Royal Canadian Navy, ships, WWII

Juno Beach Lightship

August 15, 2021 by Roger Litwiller

Juno Beach Lightship

With such a large amount of vessels operating, Juno Beach was marked with a lightship to aid in the safe navigation of the shipping traffic. This is the only photo of this lightship that I have found. Photo taken from HMCS TRENTONIAN. Artist Marc Magee used this photo for the scene on the left side […]

Filed Under: Photo of the Day Tagged With: corvette, DDay, History, HMCS, HMCS TRENTONIAN, Invasion, Juno Beach, Lightship, Naval History, Navy, Normandy, Operation Neptune, RCN, Roger Litwiller, Royal Canadian Navy, ships, White Ensign Flying, WWII

North Atlantic Convoy

August 13, 2021 by Roger Litwiller

North Atlantic Convoy

One of the merchant ships from HMCS TRENTONIAN’s first convoy, HX 283. The convoy had departed from New York City bound for the Untied Kingdom in March 1944. Roger Litwiller Collection, Allen E. Singleton, RCNVR photo, courtesy Jack Harold, RCNVR. (RTL-JH032) This photo and collection have been gathered from the crew of HMCS TRENTONIAN and […]

Filed Under: Photo of the Day Tagged With: Battle of Atlantic, Convoy, corvette, HMCS, HMCS TRENTONIAN, Naval History, Navy, North Atlantic, RCN, Roger Litwiller, Royal Canadian Navy, ships, Warships of the Bay of Quinte, WWII

HMCS WASAGA Refueling-At-Sea

August 11, 2021 by Roger Litwiller

HMCS WASAGA Refueling-At-Sea

HMCS WASAGA conducts a Refueling-At-Sea with a merchant tanker on the North Atlantic. With both ships carefully maintaining speed and coarse, the fuel hose is dragged astern of the tanker, through the bull ring of the minesweeper and connected to the fuel stand pipe on deck. With all connections secured the tanker commences pumping operations […]

Filed Under: Photo of the Day Tagged With: Bangor class, Battle of Atlantic, Convoy, HMCS, HMCS WASAGA, Merchant Ship, Minesweeper, Naval History, Navy, North Atlantic, RAS, RCN, Refueling, Replenishment at Sea, Roger Litwiller, Royal Canadian Navy, ships, Tanker, WWII

USN Landing Ship -Normandy

August 9, 2021 by Roger Litwiller

USN Landing Ship -Normandy

HMCS MAYFLOWER steams past an American landing ship and her landing craft off the Normandy beachhead. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy -Ralph O’Brien, RCNVR. (RTL -ROB049)

Filed Under: Photo of the Day Tagged With: DDay, History, Invasion, Landing Craft, Landing Ship, Naval History, Normandy, Operation Neptune, Operation OVERLORD, Roger Litwiller, ships, United States Navy, USN, WWII

HMCS LINDSAY

August 7, 2021 by Roger Litwiller

HMCS LINDSAY

HMCS LINDSAY, Flower class corvette, crossing the Atlantic in April 1944. LINDSAY, together with sister corvettes, HMCS TRENTONIAN and HMCS LOUISBURG (II) departed Halifax on 23 April and arrived in Londonderry on 1 May 1944.  Photo taken from HMCS TRENTONIAN. Artist Marc Magee used this photo in his painting of TRENTONIAN, for the cover of […]

Filed Under: Photo of the Day Tagged With: Battle of Atlantic, corvette, Halifax, HMCS, HMCS LINDSAY, HMCS LOUISBURG, HMCS TRENTONIAN, Londonderry, Naval History, Navy, North Atlantic, RCN, Roger Litwiller, Royal Canadian Navy, ships, White Ensign Flying, WWII

HMCS CATARAQUI -Kingston

August 5, 2021 by Roger Litwiller

HMCS CATARAQUI -Kingston

Members of HMCS CATARAQUI line the path to TRENTONIAN for the guests on launch day 1 September 1943, at Kingston Shipyards. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Hank Winsor. (RTL-HW003)

Filed Under: Photo of the Day Tagged With: Battle of Atlantic, Christening, corvette, HMCS, HMCS CATARAQUI, HMCS TRENTONIAN, Kingston, Kingston Shipyard, Naval History, Navy, RCN, Roger Litwiller, Royal Canadian Navy, ships, White Ensign Flying, WWII

HMCS MORDEN

August 3, 2021 by Roger Litwiller

HMCS MORDEN

HMCS MORDEN K 170 undergoing refit at Lunenburg, NS in June 1943. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Raymond Leslie Reid, RCNVR. (RTL-RLR003)

Filed Under: Photo of the Day Tagged With: Battle of Atlantic, corvette, Drydock, HMCS, HMCS MORDEN, Lunenburg, Naval History, Navy, North Atlantic, RCN, Roger Litwiller, Royal Canadian Navy, ships, WWII

Effective Damage Control

August 1, 2021 by Roger Litwiller

Effective Damage Control

Outboard ship has severe damage to her stern. The inboard ship is the Captain class frigate, HMS HOTHAM. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Ralph O’Brien, RCNVR. (RTL -ROB038)

Filed Under: Photo of the Day Tagged With: Battle Damage, Battle of Atlantic, Damage Control, Frigate, HMS, HMS HOTHAM, Naval History, Navy, North Atlantic, Roger Litwiller, Royal Navy, ships, WWII

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