HMS ROYAL SOVEREIGN seen from HMCS TRENTONIAN in Portsmouth in June 1944. The battleship had just returned from bombardment duties off Normandy. Roger Litwiller Collection, Allen E. Singleton, RCNVR photo, courtesy Jack Harold, RCNVR. (RTL-JH022)
HMCS MAYFLOWER -Make and Mend
Sailor from HMCS MAYFLOWER finds a comfortable spot dockside, repairing his uniform, during a Make and Mend. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Ralph O’Brien, RCNVR. (RTL -ROB012)
HMCS IROQUOIS Sentries
Two HMCS IROQUOIS sailors standing sentry with the Lanchester sub-machine gun, with 50 round magazines and long bayonets in 1945. Unknown location. Roger Litwiller Collection, Lynford Bourne, RCNVR photo, courtesy Battle of Atlantic Place. (RTL-LRB012)
HMCS NORSYD
Having passed through the Strait of Canso, newly constructed corvettes, HMCS TRENTONIAN and HMCS NORSYD sail in line abreast on the Atlantic Ocean for the first time in December 1943 in route to Halifax. Roger Litwiller Collection, Allen E. Singleton, RCNVR photo, courtesy Jack Harold, RCNVR. (RTL-JH046)
HMS PINK
Exceptional photo of the size difference between a corvette and a battleship. Bruce Keir wrote on this photo HMS PINK, Cardiff, October 1944. PINK was a Flower class corvette damaged by a torpedo from U988 on 27 June 1944 and was declared a total loss. The charring from the fire is clearly visible on her […]
Earnest LaPointe, Icebreaker -Quebec City
Having broken the ice for HMC Ships TRENTONIAN, NORSYD and NORTON, The icebreaker, Earnest LaPointe returns to Quebec City in December 1943. This ship is now a museum ship at the Musee Maritime du Quebec, Lâ islet , Quebec and is open for touring. Roger Litwiller Collection, Allen E. Singleton, RCNVR photo, courtesy Bruce Keir, […]
HMCS SMITHS FALLS Christening
HMCS SMITHS FALLS during christening ceremony at Kingston Shipbuilding Yards on 19 August 1944. C.D. Howe is standing in the centre of the photo in the white hat. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy of Hank Winsor. (RTL-HW012)
HMCS IROQUOIS in Copenhagen
A large group of German Prisoners-of-War in Copenhagen, Denmark in May 1945. Photo taken by Lynford Bourne while his ship HMCS IROQUOIS was in the city following the surrender of German forces. Roger Litwiller Collection, Lynford Bourne, RCNVR photo, courtesy Battle of Atlantic Place. (RTL-LRB031)
RCN Sailor -Bermuda
Unidentified Canadian Sailor from HMCS MAYFLOWER on shore leave in Bermuda, possibly around 1944. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Ralph O’Brien, RCNVR. RTL-ROB071)
HMCS TRENTONIAN’s Chiefs and Petty Officer’s
HMCS TRENTONIAN’s Chiefs and Petty Officer’s in 1944. Left to Right, Top row: CPO Thomas Roberts, Coxswain, A/SPO William Walsh (Newport, NS), C/ERA Murray Angus (Smith Falls, ON), SPO Earl Bateman (Cobalt, ON), A/PO Richard Medhurst (Victoria, BC), Bottom Row: ERA William Clarke, ERA James Farmer (New Glasgow, NS), SPO Lee Nolan (Halifax, NS), PO […]