 Most viewed - Transport
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Steam Ferry leaving Senglea2199 viewsDockyard Terrace and Sheer Bastion at right.
Before 1927 when the sheerlegs were removed.Prefect
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Buses Post Card1736 viewsIn the proper coloursPrefect
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New Barrakka Lift1674 viewsCourtesy of Malta Buses. More here.Prefect
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Ken Stubbs, Bunty Stubbs, Margaret Gamble, Paddy Gamble, Malta 19521389 viewsThe car is possibly a Riley ?dfss
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Peter and Charmaine ©1030 viewsWhile doing the midday sun thing last year at Mgarr, we (Grahame Cain & I) came across what looked like a fully rigged luzzu. Being nosy I climbed aboard uninvited for a closer look. Peter emerged from the shade beneath and we spent an hour grilling him (no hat either). When he was fully baked we let him get back to his painting. He writes….(see comments below)….Martin Powell
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Fallen Star1025 views29 July 1955.
©Jane Banks
Video ClipPrefect
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Amerigo Vespucci 1959962 views©Liz MardelPrefect
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Kingsgate Terminus922 viewsAfter Kingsgate had been desecrated into Citygate.
Martin PowellPrefect
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Oh Dear!824 viewsThe Star of Malta being salvaged from the reef off Dragonara Point. July 1955.
Video ClipPrefect
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Old Zabbar Bus 2522 Back in Service795 viewsTimes of Malta.
As she was.Prefect
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Imperial Eagle780 viewsFormerly Crested Eagle. Gozo Ferry 1958 - 1968.
After a period of lay up and vandalism in Grand Harbour, she was laid to rest as a diving wreck off Qawra Point in 1999.
Full story HEREPrefect
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Imperial Eagle 1970s772 viewsHer glory days past, having been displaced from the Marfa - Mgarr route by a Ro-Ro, she took over the freight route from Valletta from the Queen of Peace before eventually being laid up.Prefect
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My then boyfriend Joe's car, not very affectionately known as 'the orange Anglia"!747 viewsThe four figures with the car are - Joyce Rippin, needlework teacher at Tal Handaq, Ian Merrilees, doing his National Service on the C-in-C's flagship HMS Surprise, Liz Keating from Ireland who was teaching in a Maltese school and Joe Mardel, Admiralty Civil Engineer.
© Liz MardelOldBat
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Wreck of the Bancinu744 viewsGozo Ferry 1950 -1957
Broke her moorings at Mgarr in a gale and was salvaged by RFA Uplifter.
Read the Bancinu's life story in the Times of MaltaPrefect
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Viscount (G-AMNY) at Luqa, 5 Jan 1960.719 viewsPlease remain in your seat until the aircraft has come to a complete stop.
Information from Viscount Network
The Viscount was taxiing along the runway after landing when a hydraulic system pressure loss occurred. Wheel brakes and nosewheel steering were inoperative and the plane left the runway, rolling down an area of downslope. Because of the hydraulic system pressure loss an attempt by the pilot to raise the gear failed. The aircraft crashed into the control tower. Investigation revealed a fractured pipe line and faulty operation of a non-return valve intended to conserve pressure if there was a break in the main hydraulic system.
The cockpit and nose was badly crushed and the fuselage broke open forward of the wing leading edge. All 5 crew and 46 passengers escaped without serious injury.
The radio equipment was stolen while the aircraft was stored awaiting disposal.
More HERE
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Charmaine runnning goose-winged ©708 viewsDo the Maltese (or Gozitans) have a word for it? Peter continues below....Martin Powell
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Notary Zarb Street Attard 1928701 viewsThe Valletta-Rabat road about to be asphalted.
Villa Refalo (background) in 1962 became the restaurant Villa Corinthia which then expanded into the Corinthia Palace Hotel, and then went global.Prefect
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Ooops!701 viewsSliema Creek c1955Prefect
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Scammell Scarab ©675 viewsMobile Post Office Valletta 2012
Restoration ProjectPrefect
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Magirus-Deutz671 viewsWhen did the green rooflights disappear?
Martin PowellPrefect
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Troll c1960658 viewsWith Sea Giant.
© Rex Cooper.Prefect
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Star of Malta July 1955655 viewsFull story here.Prefect
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Star of Malta651 viewsAground on Mercanti Reef off St Julian's Bay July 1955.
See AlsoPrefect
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Star of Malta 1961 ©647 views In 1952 she was sold to Maltese owner, Paul M. Laferla, who operated her thrice weekly as the passenger ferry Star of Malta between Malta and Syracuse.
Full History
Video ClipOldBat
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Melita Land at Mgarr645 viewsIn service 1974 - 1991.Prefect
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Dghajsa tal Latini637 viewsGozo Boats at Mgarr.
So called because of their Lateen rig. Survived (with diesel engines) up to the sixties.
The last one is being restored at Mgarr.
Read all about it
Types of Maltese Boats Prefect
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Malta Express633 viewsEntered service 1976. The bean counters have taken control of ship design & naming!Prefect
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Tilley (Bedford Utilicon)627 viewsMac
Reminiscent of the School Transport driven by Benny Cassar who is on the left in THIS PHOTO Prefect
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Malta Railway 625 viewsArtwork by Edgar Vella.
The original timber viaduct was insisted upon by the War Office, to allow them to quickly remove the breach in the fortifications. Later rebuilt in stone.Prefect
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New Barrakka Lift607 viewsCourtesy of Malta Buses. More here.Prefect
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Troopship Empire Halladale604 viewsBuilt 1921 in Hamburg as the ANTONIO DELFINO for the Hamburg South America Line, 13,589 gross tons, twin screw, speed 13 knots with accommodation for 184-1st, 334-2nd and 1,368-3rd class passengers. May 1945 taken over by British forces at Copenhagen and refitted as a troopship. Nov.1945 allocated to the Ministry of War Transport, managed by Anchor Line and renamed EMPIRE HALLADALE. Oct.1955 laid up and 1956 sold for scrapping at Dalmuir.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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