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. Â Photo taken from HMCS TRENTONIAN. Artist Marc Magee used this photo in his painting of TRENTONIAN, for the cover of […]
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)
HMCS MORDEN
HMCS MORDEN K 170 undergoing refit at Lunenburg, NS in June 1943. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Raymond Leslie Reid, RCNVR. (RTL-RLR003)
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)
HMCS TEME
HMCS TEME, River Class frigate in drydock at Cardiff, October 1944. She was involved in a collision with the escort aircraft carrier HMS TRACKER on 10 June 1944 during the Normandy invasion. The large carrier almost cut TEME in half amidships, killing four of the frigate’s crew. Roger Litwiller Collection, Allen E. Singleton, RCNVR photo, […]
HMCS MAYFLOWER’s Lookout
With glasses in hand, HMCS MAYFLOWER’s aft lookout keeps a sharp eye from the corvette’s searchlight platform above the after Pom-Pom in 1944. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Ralph O’Brien, RCNVR. (RTL-ROB051)
Sea Cadets with HMCS QUINTE
Sea Cadets with members of HMCS QUINTE’s crew in Cape Breton. Roger Litwiller Collection, Photo courtesy Walter Gregory. (RTL-WG006)
HMCS SAGUENAY
HMCS SAGUENAY, River class destroyer, during WWII. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy of the Port Hope Branch of the Navy League of Canada. (RTL-PHNL003)
Church Parade -HMCS TRENTONIAN
HMCS TRENTONIAN’s entire crew is turned out on the fo’c’sle, in Number 1 uniforms for church parade in Milford Haven in November 1944. Roger Litwiller Collection, Allen E. Singleton, RCNVR photo, courtesy Bruce Keir, RCNVR. (RTL-BK145) This photo and collection have been gathered from the crew of HMCS TRENTONIAN and have been used by Roger […]
HMCS IROQUOIS Dropping Depth Charges
HMCS IROQUOIS dropping depth charges, unknown date/location. Roger Litwiller Collection, Lynford Bourne, RCNVR photo, courtesy Battle of Atlantic Place. (RTL-LRB021)