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HMS Essington 1955548 viewsMartin PowellPrefect

St Patrick's Barracks548 viewsCompleted 1939. Handed over to AFM 1971-2.Prefect

Close Up on Ferry 1954548 viewsAnd the neoclassical Police Station at the foot of Tower Road
Designed by E L GaliziaPrefect

Pieta Creek 1946-48547 viewsÂ©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.Prefect

RFA Amherst c1959 Grand Harbour Â©547 viewsGreat faded pic of 'Amherst' in front of the Floating Dock.
Tanker in there is 'British Energy' ( what a mine of info! ) Keep finding these old photos bit by bit!
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RFA Wave Monarch 1956546 viewsAground on Imgerbeb Point have failed to make the turn in the steaming course.Prefect

HMS Welshman546 viewsDischarging vital supplies 1942.Prefect

HMS Highburton 1956546 viewsPrefect

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.rise

HMS Waterwitch545 views Les Hutton's Algerine Class Sweeper.Prefect

CS St Margarets544 viewsAdmiralty Cable Ship
Martin PowellPrefect

Eyes right! Â©544 viewsTrooping the Colour. Floriana June 1960John Kirby

HMS Manxman544 viewsPassing Tigne Point backwards (I reckon).Prefect

HMS Dunkirk544 viewsPrefect

HMS Devonshire543 viewsÂ©Chris Howell CollectionPrefect

HMS Mull of Galloway 1956543 viewsIn Pieta Creek with squadrons of Inshore and Coastal Minesweepers prior to Suez. The Tons at right are probably the 105 MSS who came out to join 108 MSS under the command of Cdr J.Templeton-Cotill who was later a visitor to Tal Handaq in 1973.
Sweepers at SuezPrefect

RFA Maine (3)542 viewsHospital Ship of the Med Fleet. In service 1921 - 1947.Prefect

The Families Return 1972542 viewsPrefect

Kalafrana & Hal Far 1958542 viewsPrefect

HMS Falcon Steps - Kalafrana542 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.Prefect

Communicators 1954541 viewsMemoirs of a Wren RO.Prefect

HMY Britannia541 viewsUp the creek for a touch up.Prefect

RAF Malta541 viewsCourtesy of the War Museum, St Elmo.Prefect

Assault Course539 viewsAt Ghajn Tuffieha Camp 1960s.Prefect

No 9 OMQ Kalafrana 1966 Â©538 viewsHome in 1966/7, overlooking Kalafrana and Birzebbugia, now, alas, buried under a giant container port. The car is a VW Variant estate, bought new in Malta, free of purchase tax, and driven back to the UK via Sicily at the end of the posting.
Kalabrat

Cruising in Blue Ranger 1952536 viewsPhill RosePrefect

HMS Hermes 1960536 viewsPrefect

HMS Wilkeston536 viewsPrefect

Grand Harbour. 1920s ?535 viewsEarly colour postcard. About 1920s? Any guesses to year & vessels?deco.rise

RFA Fort Rosalie (Fort Grange when Prefect was in charge!)535 viewsis currently berthed at Hamilton Wharf for a maintenance period.Prefect

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Tal-Handaq Nostalgia

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