RCN Sailors from HMS PUNCHER pose on the escort carriers foc’s’le. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Howard Abbott, RCNVR. (RTL-HA093)
TRENTONIAN at Bermuda
Training evolution’s complete, HMCS TRENTONIAN takes on fuel from the tanker War Brahmin before leaving Bermuda to return to Halifax, in February 1944. Two of the officers have a little sport while passing the time, this same horse play caused a serious incident in May 1944 that put the ship and crew in jeopardy during […]
HMCS MAYFLOWER’s Mascot
HMCS MAYFLOWER’s mascot stands on the 4 inch gun barrel. The Loch class frigate, HMCS LOCH ACHANALT is in the background. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Ralph O’Brien, RCNVR. (RTL -ROB039)
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)
HMCS SHAWINIGAN
View from bow of HMCS SHAWINIGAN, Flower Class corvette. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Raymond Leslie Ried, RCNVR. (RTL-RLR026)
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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)
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 […]