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 Hal Far Airfield 1946 - 8560 views©Anita SackettPrefect
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 French Visitors599 views©Lesley Cole
Chateaurenalt & Guichen. Built as very fast Italian Light Cruisers but reclassified by the French as Destroyers.
Probably 1954
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 HMS Eagle579 views©Lesley Cole
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 Can I come too?575 views©Lesley ColePrefect
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 HMS Blake 1961-1963985 views©Lesley ColePrefect
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 Sliema Creek931 viewsCorunna, Barrosa & Aisne ?
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 Battle Class Destroyers595 viewsSliema Creek mid 1950s
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 HMS Birmingham 1954591 views©Lesley ColePrefect
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 Matelots at the Ferry 1950s775 views©Lesley Cole3 commentsPrefect
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 H M T BRIGAND ©534 viewsHMT BRIGAND LATE 50s

See also THIS PHOTO and link below it.Alexander Birt
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 HMS Bermuda 1954580 viewsMartin PowellPrefect
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 HMS Jamaica 1955523 viewsMartin PowellPrefect
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 HMS Rorqual588 viewsMartin PowellPrefect
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 Eagle & Victorious 1958652 viewsMartin PowellPrefect
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 HMS Truelove580 viewsAlgerine Class Minesweeper around 1950.Prefect
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 Not HMS Pinafore505 viewsThe Governor 1950.Prefect
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 HMS Opossum, about 1947592 viewsSloop of the Modified Black Swan Class. Prefect
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 USS John F Kennedy 2004603 viewsMartin PowellPrefect
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 HMS Essington 1955548 viewsMartin PowellPrefect
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 Vickers Valiant over Valletta660 views(Miss Yule would have called that Alliteration!)2 commentsPrefect
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 Light Jackstay Transfer771 viewsBetween Stubbington and Shavington
Weekend trip to Sicily. June 1960.
Alan Walker
The Light Jackstay using fibre ropes and lots of manpower was tested for loads of 500 Lbs.
The Heavy Jackstay with steel wire ropes and auto-tension winches could manage loads up to 2 Tons.
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 HMS White Bear 1946797 viewsSurvey Ship. Steam Yacht Iolanda sold to the Admiralty in 1940 for $5.
Sold on 1948 and scrapped 1958.
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 Destroyers in Sliema Creek1063 viewsRMA Mess on Tigne Street, foreground. LSTs far right.
7th Destroyer Sqn. Probably 1962. HMS Trafalgar, Dunkirk, Jutland, Aisne or Corunna?, Broadsword and Scorpion.
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 End of Patrol. 1950s.726 viewsPhill Rose4 commentsPrefect
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 RFA Maine (3)542 viewsHospital Ship of the Med Fleet. In service 1921 - 1947.Prefect
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 Going Ashore with our Prezzies633 views©Jane BanksPrefect
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 Children's Party in the Hangar. 1949/50570 viewsProbably watching Tom & Jerry cartoons?
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 HMS Decoy 1957700 viewsDaring class destroyer.4 commentsPrefect
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 RFA Turmoil 507 viewsSalvage Tug of the Bustler class famed for her part in the Flying Enterprise saga of January 1952.
See Link
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 RFA Turmoil 504 viewsPassing through on her way east.
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 HMS Cumberland586 viewsCounty Class Cruiser. Veteran of the River Plate.
Trials ship from 1951 - 1958.
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 Sub off St Angelo 1950s581 viewsT Class
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