Tal-Handaq Nostalgia

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

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 Gharry at Balluta325 viewsMartin PowellPrefect
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 Nevasa375 viewsBuilt 1955 as troopship. 1962 Laid up Falmouth. 1965 School Cruises. 1975 Scrapped Taiwan.Prefect
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 Troopship Empire Parkeston483 viewsOff Malta c 1956
©Rex Cooper
1930 PRINCE HENRY, Canadian National Steamships. 1937 NORTH STAR, Clark SS Co, Quebec.
1940 H.M.C.S. PRINCE HENRY, auxiliary cruiser. 1946 EMPIRE PARKESTON, M.O.T troopship. 1962 Scrapped La Spezia
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 Troopship Empire Orwell c 1956551 views ©Rex Cooper
1936 PRETORIA, German East Africa Line. 1939 German Navy. 1945 Seized by Allies at Copenhagen. 1945 EMPIRE DOON, MOWT, managed by Orient Line. 1949 EMPIRE ORWELL, managed by Orient Line. 1959 GUNUNG DJATI, Alfred Holt & Co, Liverpool. 1962 Indonesian Government. 1987 Scrapped Taiwan.Prefect
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 Troopship Empire Ken c1956590 views ©Rex Cooper
9523tons, built 1928, UBENA, German East Africa Line. 1939 German Navy, U-Boat depot ship.
1945 German hopital ship. 1945 Seized by Allies at Travemunde. 1945 EMPIRE KEN, MOWT troopship. 1957 Scrapped Dalmuir

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 Troopship Empire Clyde c1956408 views ©Rex Cooper
Cameronia. Later renamed Empire Clyde - 7515tons built 1920.
Scrapped in September 1957 at Newport, Monmouthshire, England.
Go here http://hmtships.googlepages.com/home to see that HMT does not stand for Her Majesty's Troopship.Prefect
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 Its that ship again356 viewsStar of Malta 1955.
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 Magirus-Deutz672 viewsWhen did the green rooflights disappear?

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 Smoker's Paradise!506 viewsAd from Punch 19561 commentsPrefect
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 A new way to go to Gozo ©352 viewsPrefect
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 Trucks325 viewsPrefect
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 Flying Moggie353 views RFA Wave Monarch goes into the export business. 1959.
©George MortimorePrefect
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 Caledonia Star 1968311 viewsPrefect
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 Postcard Crested Eagle450 viewsImperial Eagle in a former life.Prefect
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 Hold very tightly please! ©399 viewsTransport of delight 1959.John Kirby
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 Home Alone ©366 viewsLeaving Luqa at 6am on 1st October 1961 to go to boarding school.
I think this was a DC7 and very noisy it was too! I was not to return to Malta until April 1962.John Kirby
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 Uganda458 viewsBI Liner converted for School Cruises 1968.
TH Cruise over Xmas 1968.
Hospital Ship in Falklands 1982
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 Star Arrival 1960 ©341 viewsJohn Kirby
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 BEA Comet 4B at Luqa 1961 ©333 viewsJohn Kirby
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 BEA Vanguard at Luqa 1962 ©336 viewsJohn Kirby
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 Malta International Airport387 viewsWhich is considered to be at Gudja rather than Luqa.Prefect
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 All together now ....398 viewsPrefect
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 SS Constitution entering Grand Harbour c1961326 viewsdeco.rise
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 Swedish liner Grinsholm in Grand Harbour 21/3/1961304 viewsRFA & Floating Dock in background.deco.rise
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 SS Amarna Grand harbour 1961296 viewsdeco.rise
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 Postcard - Unusual night shot, Grand Harbour c1959323 viewsCannot recall the name of this freighter - Greek maybe?deco.rise
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 SS Nea Mellas - Grand Harbour 1957/58312 viewsPostcard, tinted. I knew the name of this ship by spotting it on a later Malta visit.deco.rise
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 Scottish Ptarmigan entering Grand Harbour, May 1961 ©299 viewsGreat shot showing entrance into the harbourdeco.rise
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 Knight of Malta290 viewsRan to Syracuse in the thirties.Prefect
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 Train355 viewsEmerging from the tunnel into Museum Station.Prefect
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 Austins in the 90s287 viewsTen, A30, A40.Prefect
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 Vauxhalls in the 90s292 viewsCresta & VictorsPrefect
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