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HMS Lion ©856 viewsEarly 1960s
Partially completed as HMS Defence, Lion was launched on 2 September 1944 but work was suspended in 1946. Defence was renamed Lion in 1957 and construction continued at Wallsend. She was finally commissioned in July 1960.
In September 1964 Lion was present at the Maltese Independence celebrations. Earlier that year she had been rammed under the Forth Road Bridge by HMS Lowestoft. Emergency repairs were carried out in Rosyth Dockyard before she sailed for Malta with only hours to spare. Early in 1965, Lion was present at the Gambia Independence ceremony at Bathurst, now Banjul. She was decommissioned into the reserve at Devonport until 1972, when she was placed on the disposal list.
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HMS Tiger & Lion in Grand Harbour -24 August 19611040 viewsTiger steaming past her sister ship. According to my records this is the first occasion since the "Tiger" class Cruisers were launched that the two of them are seen together in the Med. Date please??deco.rise
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100th Minesweeper Sqn. off Grand Harbour 1960/61743 viewsFeint pic but a rarity. They are HMS Appleton, Upton, Wolverton & Yarnton deco.rise
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Dutch Cruiser " De Zeven Provincien" Grand Harbour c1961689 viewsFull harbour!, the Netherlands Cruiser, follwed by 27,300 ton "Empress of Canada" & then 12,300 ton " Dunera"deco.rise
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Spanish Frigate " Triton" going into Marsamxett, c1961655 viewsdeco.rise
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RFA Amherst, 1962/3544 viewsHas very fond memories. This is the ship I went out to Malta in 1959. see also http://www.shipsnostalgia.com/ for more picsdeco.rise
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Israel Destroyer ' Eilat' Marsamxett c1960584 viewsEilat was originally an R.N. Destroyer - Zealous.deco.rise
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HMS Hermes entering Grand Harbour 1961599 viewsSS Olav & SS Lido in foregrounddeco.rise
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LST Messina, Sliema Creek, 1961604 viewsdeco.rise
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Postcard RFA Wave Knight & Wave Protector c1959/60628 viewsdeco.rise
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HMS Blake entering Grand Harbour 1961622 viewsHad just been involved in searcing for survivors of the ill-fated "Clan Keith" which blew up off the coast of Tunisia a couple of days earlier. ( 62 lives lost )deco.rise
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HMS Bermuda Grand Harbour 1961/62548 viewsWears Flag of Rear Admiral D P Dreyer, Flag Officer Flotillas, Meditrraneandeco.rise
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Postcard - Sepia shot late 1930s756 viewsCan anyone name the Criusers & date it accurately?
Batttleships Warspite & Malaya. Date 1938-9.
Netlayer Guardian and Carrier is Courageous or Gloriousdeco.rise
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RFA Tide Austral, Spring 1960 Grand Harbour ©557 viewsAs per other 'at sea' pics, Tide Austral re-fuelled HMS Tiger at sea during exrecise I was on.deco.rise
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HMS Tiger off Malta, Spring 1960 ©739 viewsShot taken from a tug by myself after having a day at sea on a Naval Exercise, together with HMS Ark Royal & HMS Scorpion ( pics available )deco.rise
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Postcard Marsamxett Harbour - HM Naval Fleet633 viewsLook at this lot! From c1958/59. 10 points for naming each vessel!deco.rise
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Postcard - Grand Harbour, Cruiser c1950628 viewsCannot remember Cruiser's name. Anyone help?
HMS Liverpool.deco.rise
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Postcard - Gzira Creek 1030 viewsLooks like HMS Forth in foreground, can anybody name any more?deco.rise
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601 Squadron, Ta Kali 1953.608 viewsPrefect
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HMS Lion, Tiger in Grand Harbour, Summer 1961 ©613 viewsMajority of the Fleet on show. Note a tanker in the
floating dock to rear.deco.rise
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HMY Britannia541 viewsUp the creek for a touch up.Prefect
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Msida Creek 1962959 viewsNarvik with the subs, several Ton class, and Ausonia far left.Prefect
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Shackleton over Corradino593 viewsPrefect
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Postcard HMS Forth 1950s804 viewsHMS Ranpura at right.Prefect
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Vampires over Comino552 views601 Sqn 1952Prefect
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The C in C531 viewsPlaying Polo at Marsa 1952
Phill RosePrefect
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Commanders in Chief471 viewsAnd lesser mortals.
From the Maritime Museum, Birgu.Prefect
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The Mountbattens & Personal Staff569 views1952 - 1955.Prefect
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Cdr Terry Lewin557 viewsHMS Corunna Xmas 1956.Prefect
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