Tal-Handaq Nostalgia

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


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HMS Nubian & RMAS Director632 views©Chris Howell CollectionPrefect
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HMS Ranpura 1958632 viewsGoing home.3 commentsPrefect
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HMS Ark Royal631 viewsPrefect
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HMS Falcon Guard 1948631 viewsAt Kalafrana with Lt. Forte for Rear-Admiral The Earl Mountbatten of Burma.Prefect
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Floriana Parade Ground 1960629 views©John GardinerPrefect
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Postcard - Grand Harbour, Cruiser c1950628 viewsCannot remember Cruiser's name. Anyone help?
HMS Liverpool.
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Postcard RFA Wave Knight & Wave Protector c1959/60628 viewsdeco.rise
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7th. Royal Fusiliers (City of London)628 viewsMalta Garrison
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HMS Amethyst 1952626 viewsOf Yangste Incident fame.1 commentsPrefect
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HMS Ranpura626 viewsPaid off in November 1958 after five years on station, mostly in Lazaretto Creek, though on this occasion she was in Grand Harbour.Prefect
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HMS Theseus625 viewsTwo Tirrenia Line and the Star. Probably 1953.1 commentsPrefect
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Empty Creeks 1953623 views5 commentsPrefect
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Brown Jobs on exercise 1960s622 viewsPrefect
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HMS Blake entering Grand Harbour 1961622 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.rise
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White Rocks - St Patrick's622 viewsArmy married quarters overlooking Baħar Iċ-Ċagħaq. After 1979 they became a failed tourist village and are now derelict. There are plans for a sports complex. Squatters camp in foreground.Prefect
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Quick march! ©620 viewsTrooping the Colour. Tigne Barracks June 19601 commentsJohn Kirby
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RAF Propaganda 1973620 views2 commentsPrefect
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HMS Caprice 1959620 viewsPrefect
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The Duke of Edinburgh619 viewsDisembarking from HMS Walkerton of the 108th MS in Sliema Creek. 1960.
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HMS Ark Royal619 views1970sPrefect
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HMS Victorious 1967617 views5 commentsMartin Powell
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Lazaretto Creek c1960 ©617 viewsAusonia, Messina, Broadsword & Fighter.Prefect
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HMS Ark Royal 1977617 viewsPrefect
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RFA Tarbatness616 viewsWith an Italian SquadronPrefect
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HMS Wolfe 1945 - 1947616 viewsSubmarine Depot Ship. Ex Canadian Pacific Montcalm. Nominated for service with the 1st Submarine Flotilla in Malta until relieved by HMS FORTH in 1947. She paid-off in 1949 and was reduced to Reserve status. Placed in the Disposal List in 1952 the ship was sold to BISCO in 1952 and arrived at Faslane for breaking-up by Metal Industries on 8th November that year.
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Forth at Home 1960 ©616 views7 commentsPrefect
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A well stocked Sliema Creek616 viewsphillrose
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Floriana Parade Ground 1960615 views©John GardinerPrefect
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Earl Mountbatten and Missus in safe hands ©615 viewsTaken in 1953 with Whaler crewed by Dockyard Sea Scouts.
The Dockyard Sea Scouts also had Maltese members unlike
Tal Handaq's.Cannot remember occasion but I was the Bow oarsman.
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No 2 Dock 1960s615 viewsDirector Class Tug.1 commentsPrefect
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Pietà Creek early 1950s614 viewsRASC Launches Dovey & Call Boy and RFA Nasprite.2 commentsPrefect
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HMS Lion, Tiger in Grand Harbour, Summer 1961 ©613 viewsMajority of the Fleet on show. Note a tanker in the
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