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HMS Tiptoe 1960s608 viewsPrefectOct 09, 2008

HMS Lion Â©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.

PrefectSep 28, 2008

HMS Tiger & Lion in Grand Harbour -24 August 19611041 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??4 commentsdeco.riseSep 28, 2008

100th Minesweeper Sqn. off Grand Harbour 1960/61744 viewsFeint pic but a rarity. They are HMS Appleton, Upton, Wolverton & Yarnton 3 commentsdeco.riseSep 28, 2008

Dutch Cruiser " De Zeven Provincien" Grand Harbour c1961690 viewsFull harbour!, the Netherlands Cruiser, follwed by 27,300 ton "Empress of Canada" & then 12,300 ton " Dunera"deco.riseSep 22, 2008

Spanish Frigate " Triton" going into Marsamxett, c1961656 views2 commentsdeco.riseSep 22, 2008

RFA Amherst, 1962/3545 viewsHas very fond memories. This is the ship I went out to Malta in 1959. see also http://www.shipsnostalgia.com/ for more picsdeco.riseSep 22, 2008

Israel Destroyer ' Eilat' Marsamxett c1960585 viewsEilat was originally an R.N. Destroyer - Zealous.1 commentsdeco.riseSep 22, 2008

HMS Hermes entering Grand Harbour 1961600 viewsSS Olav & SS Lido in foregrounddeco.riseSep 22, 2008

LST Messina, Sliema Creek, 1961606 viewsdeco.riseSep 22, 2008

Postcard RFA Wave Knight & Wave Protector c1959/60631 viewsdeco.riseSep 22, 2008

HMS Blake entering Grand Harbour 1961624 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.riseSep 22, 2008

HMS Bermuda Grand Harbour 1961/62549 viewsWears Flag of Rear Admiral D P Dreyer, Flag Officer Flotillas, Meditrraneandeco.riseSep 22, 2008

Postcard - Sepia shot late 1930s757 viewsCan anyone name the Criusers & date it accurately?
Batttleships Warspite & Malaya. Date 1938-9.
Netlayer Guardian and Carrier is Courageous or Glorious7 commentsdeco.riseSep 22, 2008

RFA Tide Austral, Spring 1960 Grand Harbour Â©559 viewsAs per other 'at sea' pics, Tide Austral re-fuelled HMS Tiger at sea during exrecise I was on.1 commentsdeco.riseSep 21, 2008

HMS Tiger off Malta, Spring 1960 Â©740 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 )3 commentsdeco.riseSep 21, 2008

Postcard Marsamxett Harbour - HM Naval Fleet636 viewsLook at this lot! From c1958/59. 10 points for naming each vessel!2 commentsdeco.riseSep 21, 2008

Postcard - Grand Harbour, Cruiser c1950630 viewsCannot remember Cruiser's name. Anyone help?
HMS Liverpool.1 commentsdeco.riseSep 21, 2008

Postcard - Gzira Creek 1033 viewsLooks like HMS Forth in foreground, can anybody name any more?6 commentsdeco.riseSep 21, 2008

RAF Ta Kali 1950s652 views3 commentsPrefectSep 15, 2008

601 Squadron, Ta Kali 1953.608 viewsPrefectSep 15, 2008

HMS Lion, Tiger in Grand Harbour, Summer 1961 Â©614 viewsMajority of the Fleet on show. Note a tanker in the
floating dock to rear.deco.riseSep 13, 2008