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HMS Ranpura609 viewsPaid off in November 1958 after five years on station, mostly in Lazaretto Creek, though on this occasion she was in Grand Harbour.Prefect	HMS Falcon Guard 1948609 viewsAt Kalafrana with Lt. Forte for Rear-Admiral The Earl Mountbatten of Burma.Prefect	HMS Blake entering Grand Harbour 1961608 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	Quick march! ©608 viewsTrooping the Colour. Tigne Barracks June 19601 commentsJohn Kirby
HMS Victorious 1967608 views5 commentsMartin Powell	White Rocks - St Patrick's608 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	HMS Ark Royal607 viewsPrefect	RAF Propaganda 1973607 views2 commentsPrefect
HMS Ark Royal607 views1970sPrefect	No 2 Dock 1960s607 viewsDirector Class Tug.1 commentsPrefect	HMS Wolfe 1945 - 1947605 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. Prefect	The Duke of Edinburgh603 viewsDisembarking from HMS Walkerton of the 108th MS in Sliema Creek. 1960. MacPrefect
A well stocked Sliema Creek603 viewsphillrose	HMS Galatea 1965602 viewsIn Dockyard Creek. Leader of the 27th Escort Squadron. ©Jane BanksPrefect	Brown Jobs on exercise 1960s601 viewsPrefect	The Cruel Sea601 viewsTug Roysterer with HMS Coreopsis (or RHS Kriezis) about to achieve fame playing the part of HMS Compass Rose. 1952. Finding a suitable corvette was another problem The Admiralty, while anxious to co-operate in the making of the film, had got rid of all its wartime corvettes. Eventually one was located in Malta – the Coreopsis of the Flower Class – which had been loaned to the Greek navy and was now awaiting a tow back to England, and the breaker’s yard.1 commentsPrefect
Forth at Home 1960 ©601 views7 commentsPrefect	Officer's Quarters Kalafrana ©601 viewsEarly 1980s before demolition for Freeport site. These are the Officer's Married Quarters for Hal Far, situated on the hill overlooking the Hal Far Road. In the foreground is the quarry where the airframe of one of the Sea Gladiators of the Hal Far Flight was dumped during WW2. 3 commentsKalabrat	On This Day 601 viewsLt George Carroll - Hero of Mosta - died 23 May 2012 Lt Carroll (pictured left) is believed to have been responsible for tackling more unexploded bombs than any other Royal Engineers bomb disposal officer in World War II, across all theatres of war. Remarkably, he was the only bomb disposal officer from the Army, Navy and Air Force active during the siege of Malta not to be decorated, though this did not bother him. See TIMES OF MALTA And UXB MALTAadmin	Lazaretto Creek c1960 ©600 viewsAusonia, Messina, Broadsword & Fighter.Prefect
HMS Lion, Tiger in Grand Harbour, Summer 1961 ©599 viewsMajority of the Fleet on show. Note a tanker in the floating dock to rear.deco.rise	LST Empire Guillemot598 viewsBuilt by Davie Shipbuilding, Lauzon 1945. L3525. Named HMS Walcheren in 1947. Empire Guillemot in 1956. Sold Singapore for scrapping 1968.Prefect	Floriana Parade Ground 1960597 views©John GardinerPrefect	U 17597 viewsGerman Navy submarine U-17 (Pennant number S196) slipped into Grand Harbour this morning for a courtesy visit. It is seen above crossing Dockyard Creek, which is dominated by the sleek lines of the superyacht The Maltese Falcon. Times of Malta. (In the distance can be seen some obscure scholastic buildings, with vegetation.)4 commentsPrefect
HMS Ausonia597 viewsMoving!Prefect	7th. Royal Fusiliers (City of London)596 viewsMalta Garrison The Elegant ExtractsPrefect	HMS Tiptoe 1960s595 viewsPrefect	Earl Mountbatten and Missus in safe hands ©593 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.2 commentsrobinwilliams
LST Messina, Sliema Creek, 1961591 viewsdeco.rise	HMS Theseus590 viewsTwo Tirrenia Line and the Star. Probably 1953.1 commentsPrefect	Detention Quarters Staff 1946590 viewsC/SGT Hartley RM 2nd right. ©Eric HartleyPrefect	USS John F Kennedy 2004590 viewsMartin PowellPrefect
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