Tal-Handaq Nostalgia

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


Most viewed - Naval & Military
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A Message from the Harriers690 viewsTo the instigators of the SDSR.
(Nothing to do with Malta and sorry about the apalling lapse of standards, but I couldn't resist it. Thank you Spike.)
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Dutch Cruiser " De Zeven Provincien" Grand Harbour c1961689 viewsFull harbour!, the Netherlands Cruiser, follwed by 27,300 ton "Empress of Canada" & then 12,300 ton " Dunera"deco.rise
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Grand Harbour 1955688 viewsPrefect
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Lazaretto Creek 1949688 viewsWith HMS Forth not yet in Msida Creek.Prefect
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Tiger, Tiger, burning bright ...687 viewsXmas 19591 commentsPrefect
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HMNZS Royalist686 viewsPrefect
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HMS Delight684 viewsPrefect
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HMS Carysfort 1965683 viewsC class destroyer. 27th Escort Squadron.Prefect
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HMS Kemerton 1962681 views5 commentsPrefect
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HMS Carron 1959681 viewsPrefect
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5th Destroyer Squadron Malta 1960-1962680 views1 commentsscrumpyrat
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Shackletons 1964679 viewsNew link to Pathe newsreel Malta Independent added HERE
Lots of RAF photos HERE
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RFA Amherst678 viewsArmament Stores Carrier usually on the UK-Gibraltar-Malta run, 1952-1963.2 commentsPrefect
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St Elmo Breakwater678 viewsRemaining breakwater span being removed by floating crane, CLIV(e) on 5th October 1955. Google the new bridge span built in 2012.Prefect
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HMS Forth676 viewsPassing Tigne 19531 commentsPrefect
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HMS Venerable 1947676 viewsVenerable was sold to the Dutch in 1948 and became Karel Doorman and then commissioned into the Argentine Navy in 1969 as Veinticinco De Mayo, which briefly caused some concern in 1982.Prefect
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HMS Blake 1972 ©676 viewsAt the time of the "withdrawal".4 commentsPrefect
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Colonies Class Cruiser675 viewsJane BanksPrefect
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Clive 1955675 viewsOfficially Crane Lighter No.4. (CL(IV) not sure where the E came from).
A familiar sight in Grand Harbour up to 1964.
Here lifting patrol boat P8044 from Oakmore.
Tirrenia Line Argentina at left.
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Supermarine Attacker TS409673 viewsOne of the FAA's first jet fighters, at Luqa.Prefect
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HMS Forth 1950s Postcard671 viewsBetter image reposted.Prefect
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The US Version of "Single Handed"667 viewsBased on C S Forester's "Brown on Resolution".

A few shots of Dingli or Gozo cliffs posing as the Galapagos.

Both the 1935 ("Forever England") and the 1953 ("Sailor of the King") versions can be found in full on Youtube.
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HMS Galatea667 views1978
GGM
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HMS Naiad667 viewsCorradino Canteen left.
©Chris Howell Collection.
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Whaler 1955666 viewsSee Video part one
part two
part three
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HMS Concord 1947666 views2 commentsPrefect
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Luqa 1946 - 48665 viewsMosquitos, Spitfire, Martinets.
©Anita Sackett
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HMS Ranpura 1946665 viewsFormer P&O liner, then AMC and from 1943 a repair ship. Resident of Lazaretto Creek until replaced by Ausonia in 1958.Prefect
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Sliema Creek664 viewsLate 1950sPrefect
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RFA Bacchus664 viewsStores Carrier
The tug is probably Airedale.
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HMS Cowdray 1945-6661 viewsOhio in the background.1 commentsPrefect
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Vickers Valiant over Valletta660 views(Miss Yule would have called that Alliteration!)2 commentsPrefect
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