Tal-Handaq Nostalgia

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


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HMS Norfolk 1971398 viewsPrefect
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HMS London 1971406 viewsPrefect
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HMS Roberts 1945518 viewsOhio in background.Prefect
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RFA Cherryleaf 1946406 viewsPrefect
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Timms Family in Malta411 viewsMy mother Hazel Timms with my sister Linda in Malta. c 1955/56.Paul Timms
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Timms family397 viewsMy father R.E.Timms with me, Paul Timms & my sister Linda Timms . c 1955/56Paul Timms
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P.O. R.E.Timms385 viewsMy father in his whites just before joining Ranpura in 1954Paul Timms
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Eagle & Victorious c1958474 viewsPrefect
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HMS Sheffield 1957467 viewsHMS Ceylon background. White Star's Brittanic rightPrefect
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HMS Broadsword 1987440 viewsPrefect
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HMS Falcon Steps - Kalafrana541 viewsThroughout 1944 and early 1945 Dark Blue uniforms had been gradually achieving numerical superiority over their RAF Blue cousins at Hal Far and at sunset on 14 April 1946 the RAF Ensign was lowered. At sunrise of the next day the airfield became Royal Naval Air Station Hal Far and was named HMS Falcon. It remained so until 1967.
History.
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HMS Dalrymple 1962439 viewsPrefect
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HMS Owen 1953438 viewsRFA War Hindoo right.Prefect
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HMS Dampier 1948455 viewsPrefect
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Pietà Creek early 1950s614 viewsRASC Launches Dovey & Call Boy and RFA Nasprite.2 commentsPrefect
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HMS Tyne 1955452 viewsDestroyer Depot ShipPrefect
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HMS Mull of Kintyre 1960509 views1 commentsPrefect
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HMS Duncansby Head 1946415 viewsPrefect
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HMS Derby Haven 1947422 viewsLoch Class frigate converted to Support Ship for Coastal Minesweepers here returning from Far East. Later reconverted to frigate and sold to Persian Navy as BADR.Prefect
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HMS Woodbridge Haven 1955510 viewsLoch Class frigate converted to Support Ship for Coastal Minesweepers.Prefect
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HMS Wolfe 1947414 viewsSubmarine Depot Ship. Ex Canadian Pacific Montcalm. With the 1st Submarine Squadron in Malta until relieved by HMS FORTH in 1947.Prefect
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HMS Ausonia 1962403 viewsPrefect
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HMS Fearless 1969373 viewsPrefect
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HMS Fearless 1968386 viewsPrefect
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RFA MAGAZINE 1934393 viewsPublished on Malta Station for worldwide distribution.
From the Mike Day Collection.
Read it all here. (Requires PDF reader).
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CrabAir Comet C.4519 viewsLast flight into Luqa 25 June 1975 prior to disposal.2 commentsPrefect
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Mtarfa432 viewsPrefect
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HMS Tudor 1956497 viewsHere endeth the T Class.
RFA War Hindoo right.
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HMS Trump345 viewsT ClassPrefect
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HMS Trenchant 1959370 viewsT ClassPrefect
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HMS Totem 1946339 viewsT ClassPrefect
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HMS Token 1951331 viewsT ClassPrefect
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