Tal-Handaq Nostalgia

Memories of the Royal Naval School, Malta, 1947 - 1978.


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Base Supply Officer & Staff 1953634 viewsHMS PhoenciaPrefect
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HMS Unicorn 1953653 viewsPrefect
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Clive 1955675 viewsOfficially Crane Lighter No.4. (CL(IV) not sure where the E came from).
A familiar sight in Grand Harbour up to 1964.
Here lifting patrol boat P8044 from Oakmore.
Tirrenia Line Argentina at left.
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RFA Wave Monarch 1956546 viewsAground on Imgerbeb Point have failed to make the turn in the steaming course.Prefect
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A letter from the Boss552 viewsPrefect
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Brown Jobs on exercise 1960s622 viewsPrefect
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Tigne Barracks 1956934 viewsBuild up for Suez.3 commentsPrefect
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RFA Plumleaf (1)574 viewsSunk by bombing at Parlatorio Wharf, 4 April 1942. Raised August 1947.
Towed to Sicily for scrap.
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AFD 35854 viewsAdmiralty Floating Dock. Towed from Bombay in two sections, it remained off Magazine Wharf from 1948 - 1965.2 commentsPrefect
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HMS Forth676 viewsPassing Tigne 19531 commentsPrefect
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Diving School 1956 - 57636 viewsHMS Phoenicia, Manoel Island
Photo from MCDOA. - http://www.mcdoa.org.uk/index.html
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Diving School 1956 - 57845 viewsHMS Phoenicia, Manoel Island.3 commentsPrefect
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Boathook Drill599 viewsAdmiral's Barge leaving Customs House 1955.
SEE THE MOVIE
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Whaler 1955666 viewsSee Video part one
part two
part three
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Sound the Still . Sliema Creek. 1955.568 viewsMartin Powell
The Officer of the Day pays his respects to a passing Senior Officer.
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HMS Sandpiper ©520 viewsFrom an oil painting "Sandpipers on Passage" by Alan Walker.Prefect
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Nimrods of 203 Sqn at Luqa 1970s842 viewsColin Pomeroy
No prizes for spotting the school!
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CS St Margarets544 viewsAdmiralty Cable Ship
Martin Powell
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HMS Nigeria 1948778 viewsMartin Powell
Colonies Class Cruiser. Damaged by torpedo on Operation Pedestal 1942.
Sold to India (INS Mysore) 1957.
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Paradise Bay 1956 ©1556 viewsRelaunching their boat at Paradise Bay in choppy weather.
Jane Banks
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Paradise Bay 1956 ©500 viewsSuccessfully refloated.
Jane Banks
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HMS Albion 1957580 viewsMartin PowellPrefect
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HMS Duke of York 1946549 viewsMartin Powell
KGV Class Battleship.
Responsible for the sinking of Scharnhorst 1943.
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The US Version of "Single Handed"667 viewsBased on C S Forester's "Brown on Resolution".

A few shots of Dingli or Gozo cliffs posing as the Galapagos.

Both the 1935 ("Forever England") and the 1953 ("Sailor of the King") versions can be found in full on Youtube.
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HMS Manxman in disguise910 viewsAbdiel Class Minelayer. Photographed off Gozo (Dwejra Bay) in 1952 disguised as a German cruiser for the film Single Handed. Along with her sister Welshman, she played an important part in sustaining Malta during the Siege and was later there for most of the 1950s, taking part in the Suez operation.
Manxman History
Welshman Episode
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Hal Far564 viewsPrefect
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Luqa 1950555 viewsPrefect
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Hal Far559 viewsPrefect
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Grand Harbour 1946-48 554 views©Anita Sackett
RFA Fort and 3 Funnel Cruiser, possibly Sussex.
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Pieta Creek 1946-48547 views©Anita Sackett
An RFA Fort to the right. A MFA? centre.
The Old School in Villa Sunshine at Ta'Xbiex to the left.
RASC Launches foreground.
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Luqa 1946 - 48665 viewsMosquitos, Spitfire, Martinets.
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Supermarine Walrus524 viewsAt Hal Far 1946 - 8
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