#OTD 28/5/1945 #RememberRCN -Admiralty, discontinues convoys on Atlantic & Arctic Ocean, Mediterranean, Caribbean, Gulf of Mexico, North Sea, Baltic Sea, Black Sea, Red Sea, & St. Lawrence. Ships began turning navigation lights on, convoys shine like bright cities on the water.

HMCS WASAGA's port side hull following a collision with the dan layer HMS SURSAY on 11 April 1945. The collision opened up the seaman's mess and playing cards can be seen strewn on the deck. @RLitwiller #RCNavy Photo Collection. See MORE zurl.co/rxRf0

#OTD 27/5/1945 #RememberRCN -Last convoys of the Battle of Atlantic sail, HX-358 departs St John's NF with 56 ships & HMCS EASTVIEW (Senior Officer of the Escort). ON-305 departs UK with 79 ships & HMCS JONQUIÈRE (SOE). DND Photo

#OTD 27/5/1945 #RememberRCN -HMCS IROQUOIS departs Copenhagen Denmark escorting the surrendered German cruiser PRINZ EUGEN to Wilhelmshaven, Germany, arriving the next day. Photo taken from IROQUOIS.

#OTD 27/5/1941 #RememberRCN -HMCS ST CLAIR while returning from search for BISMARK, in company with two RN destroyers, is attacked by German bombers west of Galway Ireland. ST CLAIR shoots down one of the bombers. Later sinks the capsized hulk of HMS MASHONA after picking up her survivors.

#OTD 27/5/1941 #RememberRCN -The German Battleship BISMARCK sunk by RN forces. Canadian Radio Direction Finding stations played a strategic role. British Admiralty commended DF Station at Hartlen Point, NS "The bearings ... were considerable value in locating Bismarck.”

Halifax Harbour is the home to Canada's East Coast Navy. Canadian Patrol frigates HMCS HALIFAX, MONTREAL and CHARLOTTETOWN are in port with newly acquired Interim Oiler and Replenishment Ship, MV Asterix on 15 March 2018. @RLitwiller #RCNavy Photo Collection. See MORE zurl.co/RBzO7

#OTD 26/5/1953 #RememberRCN -HMCS HAIDA gains entry in the Trainbusters Club, destroying a Chinese supply train and engine off Tanch’on, South Korea. Photo courtesy, For Posterity's Sake

#OTD 26/5/1951 #RememberRCN -HMCS NOOTKA using her sea boats sweeps a channel through the minefield to 1300 feet off shore of the rail bridge south of Sonjin, Korea. NOOTKA with USS STICKLE destroy a rail yard. Then turned their guns on the rail bridge, damaging it beyond use.

#OTD 26/5/1940 #RememberRCN -Op #DYNAMO, the evacuation of allied soldiers from France commences. When plan to evacuate 45K soldiers from #Dunkirk stalls, Cdr J. Clousten from Montreal is appointed Peirmaster & by June 4,338K soldiers are evacuated. Sadly Clousten is killed on June 2.

HMCS PRINCE DAVID, infantry landing ship, at Portsmouth 8 June 1944. Many of the ships allocated to the initial phases of the invasion had to return for supplies. @RLitwiller #RCNavy Photo Collection. See MORE zurl.co/3B09Q

#OTD 25/5/1941 #RememberRCN -Seven Royal Canadian Navy corvettes, under the command of Commander J. D. ‘Chummy’ Prentice, RCN, arrive in St. John’s Newfoundland as the first units of the Newfoundland Escort Force (NEF). DND Photo

Ex-HMCS ATHABASKAN is moved by RCN Tugs GLENSIDE and LISTERVILLE in HMC Dockyard, Halifax on 28 July 2017. @RLitwiller #RCNavy Photo Collection. See MORE zurl.co/aSDvI

#OTD 24/5/1963 #RememberRCN -First of 41 Sikorsky CHSS-2 Sea King helicopters entered service with the @RoyalCanNavy. Transferred to @RCAF_ARC during unification. The Sea King's last flight was 1/12/2018, making it the longest serving helicopter in Canadian service.

#OTD 24/5/1944 #BattleOfAtlantic -U921 is attacked by 2 Sunderland aircraft from @RCAF_ARC 422 Sqn & 423 Sqn, 1st a/c is shot down by U-boat -killing all 12 aircrew. Second a/c inflicts heavy damage on the sub, killing 3 submariners & forcing it to return to Norway.

#OTD 24/5/1941 #RememberRCN -HMS HOOD & HMS PRINCE OF WALES engage German ships Bismarck & Prinz Eugen in the Battle of the Denmark Strait. Struck by several shells HOOD suddenly explodes, 1,415 are killed including 3 RCN & 16 Newfoundland sailors. There were only 3 survivors.

Landing Ship USS LST-393 with her bow doors open, sails past HMCS MAYFLOWER (foreground) off the Normandy beachhead on 7 June 1944. LST-393 survived the war and is now a Museum Ship in Muskegon, Michigan on Lake Michigan. @RLitwiller #RCNavy Photo Collection. See MORE zurl.co/OJVbt

HMCS VICTORIA is undergoing an extended maintenance period in HMC Dockyard Esquimalt on 19 September 2019. HMCS REGINA is in the background. @RLitwiller #RCNavy Photo Collection. See MORE zurl.co/W68BH

#OTD 22/5/1943 #RememberRCN -HMCS ST LAURENT arrives on the scene of sinking U-569, east of Newfoundland & rescues 25 submariners . U-Boat was severely damaged by aircraft from USS BOGUE. (DND Photo)

#OTD 22/5/1942 #RememberRCN -SS Frank B. Baird (Upper Lakes & St. Lawrence Trans, Toronto) stopped SE of Bermuda to make emergency repairs to her steering gear, U-158 surfaced 200 yards alongside & began shelling the Great Lakes ship, until sunk. All 23 crew were rescued.

#OTD 22/5/1931 #RememberRCN -HMCS SAGUENAY, the first of two River Class destroyers, is commissioned into the RCN. SAGUENAY and sister SKEENA are the first warships to be specifically built for the RCN. (LAC Photo)

HMCS WASAGA's ship's company formed up on the jetty alongside their ship in St. John's, Newfoundland in November 1942. @RLitwiller #RCNavy Photo Collection. See MORE zurl.co/5L6s4

#OTD 21/5/1998 #RememberRCN -HMCSubmarine OJIBWA is the first of the “O” class submarines to be paid-off and is now a museum ship in Port Burwell, ON.

#OTD 21/5/1942 #RememberRCN -SS Troisdoc (Paterson Steamship Lines, Port Arthur) struck by a "dud" torpedo from U558. U-boat surfaced sinking the Laker with gunfire, 40 miles W of Jamaica, all 19 merchant sailors rescued. Great Lakes Freighter pressed into Ocean service

#OTD 21/5/1942 #RememberRCN -SS Torondoc (Paterson Steamship Lines, Port Arthur) torpedoed by U 69, Caribbean, 100 miles west of Martinique, no survivors from her crew of 23. The Great Lakes freighter was pressed into ocean service.

#OTD 21/5/1942 #RememberRCN -In response to world wide media coverage of details of U-boat attacks in the St Lawrence, the Director of Censorship on the Canadian Naval Staff orders a full publishing ban on all U-boat activity within Canada and the St. Lawrence.

HMCS CHARLOTTETOWN undergoing a work period on the Syncrolift at FMF Cape Scott at HMC Dockyard in Halifax on 22 June 2022. @RLitwiller #RCNavy Photo Collection. See MORE zurl.co/XQCk2

#OTD 20/5/1951 #RememberRCN -HMCS SIOUX bombards the city of P’ungch’on, Korea prior to the landing of a force of Royal Marines from HMS CEYLON. Photo -SIOUX firing Pom-Pom, courtesy For Posterity's Sake

#OTD 20/5/1941 #RememberRCN -SS Rothermere (Anglo-Newfoundland Steamship Company) torpedoed by U98 after dispersal of convoy HX-126 in the North Atlantic, twenty-two killed, thirty-three were rescued later that day.

RCN Sailors from HMS PUNCHER pose on the escort carriers foc's'le. @RLitwiller #RCNavy Photo Collection. See MORE zurl.co/hAvy2

#OTD 19/5/1944 #RememberRCN -SS Fort Missanabie (Canadian Government) torpedoed by U-453 while in convoy HA-43 in the Mediterranean Sea, forty-nine of the 61 on board survived.

#OTD 19/5/1943 #RememberRCN -SV Angelus (Canadian Government) shelled by U161, 375 miles S of Nova Scotia. Crew of ten allowed to abandon, only 2 survivors picked up 5 days later. The French Barquentine was taken as a prize by HMCS PRESCOTT on the Grand Banks on 31/8/1941.

RCN Tug GLENSIDE in Halifax Harbour on 5 May 2019. @RLitwiller #RCNavy Photo Collection. See MORE zurl.co/4kJac

HMCS Robert Hampton Gray and HMCS Frédérick Rolette looking very pusser today dressed overall for #VictoriaDay. As a naval historian it gives me joy to see our newest ships upholding the finest traditions of our @RoyalCanNavy!

#OTD 18/5/1951 #RememberRCN -HMCS SIOUX takes part in a large attack on the Chinese Garrison at Go-Chin-Riki Point, Korea

#OTD 18/5/1918 #RememberRCN -RCN tug CLIMAX sunk in collision with HMSubmarine H1. H1 was one of 10 Royal Navy Submarines built at Canadian Vickers, Montreal in 1915.

#OTD 18/5/1914 #RememberRCN -First Company of Royal Naval Canadian Volunteer Reserve (RNCVR) is officially formed in Victoria, BC. and is the forerunner of the RCNR and RCNVR.

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. @RLitwiller #RCNavy Photo Collection. See MORE zurl.co/qj1OJ

Out for a walk last night on the #Halifax waterfront & ran into an old friend, HMCS MARGARET BROOKE. I have been in the ship for several events & day sail on Lake Ontario. A highly capable ship with an incredible ships company. NOTE: In the 2nd pic that is lens glare, not a #UFO over the harbour!

#OTD 17/5/1913 #RememberRCN 1913 –Rear-Admiral Kingsmill is promoted to the rank of Vice-Admiral in his position of Director of the Naval Service and is the first person to hold this rank in the RCN.

HMCS KINGSTON underway off Upper Canada Village on the St. Lawrence River near Morrisburg, Ontario on 27 June 2016. @RLitwiller #RCNavy Photo Collection. See MORE zurl.co/lBEmW

My 1st & most recent Ship's Company photos. Yesterday as part of the re-commissioning ceremony in HMCS SACKVILLE & 1981 as a cadet sailing in HMCS OTTAWA (3rd) on a CARIBOPS in 1981. Thank you CNMT for inviting me to participate in this historic occasion! SACKVILLE photo courtesy of Doug Struthers.

#OTD 16/5/1945 #RememberRCN -EG9 with HMCShips MATANE, LOCH ALVIE, MONNOW, NENE & ST. PIERRE, while escorting Russian Convoy JW-67, ordered to intercept 14 surrendered U-Boats & 4 German ships off the coast of Norway & escort them to Loch Eriboll. DND Photo -LOCH ALVIE w/ UBoat.

HMCS MAYFLOWER's mascot stands on the 4 inch gun barrel. The Loch class frigate, HMCS LOCH ACHANALT is in the background. @RLitwiller #RCNavy Photo Collection. See MORE zurl.co/lBEmW

Ceremony at HMCS SACKVILLE starts at 1100 this morning. Watch it live on the CNMT Facebook account.

#OTD 15/5/1956 #RememberRCN -HMCS ACADIA, Sea Cadet Training Establishment, commissioned at the former naval base at Point Edward, NS, later moved to Cornwallis.

HMCS HALIFAX alongside at HMC Dockyard, Halifax on 5 September 2015. @RLitwiller #RCNavy Photo Collection. See MORE zurl.co/lBEmW

CCGS Kopit Hopson 1752 sailed into Halifax today. In 2020 as historian for our Canadian Coast Guard I was tasked with researching these two individuals when this ship was renamed. Kopit an indigenous leader & Hopson, Governor at the time signed a treaty in 1752 that continues to shape Canada today.

Today at HMCS SACKVILLE for practice run for tomorrow’s historic ceremonial recommissioning of this #RCNavy corvette. I am honoured to be invited to become part of the ships company. If you are in the area, make a point of coming down to Sackville Landing.

#OTD 14/5/2015 #RememberRCN -HMCS PROTECTEUR is the first of the two Protecteur class operational support ships to be paid-off, after suffering a major engine room fire in February 2014.