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RAF Luqa 1956652 viewsPrefect	RFA Amherst c1959 Grand Harbour ©499 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! deco.rise Prefect	My mum, Joyce Day, on board RFA Amherst April/May 1960. ©587 viewsThis goes with the previous pic 'entering Grand harbour' She had just come back from Suda Bay, Crete. Time for cocktails no doubt! ( who last scrubbed the deck!! )3 commentsdeco.rise	Tug awaiting RFA Amherst entering Grand Harbour - April/May 1960 ©517 views3 commentsdeco.rise
Captain for a day521 viewsHMS Forth, Xmas Day 1952.Prefect	Small twin Prop - Luqa about 1960724 viewsDon't recognise aircraft or occasion4 commentsdeco.rise	The Fleet's in ©872 viewsSummer 1960 - but where? Sliema Creek perhaps?4 commentsJohn Kirby	Quick march! ©569 viewsTrooping the Colour. Tigne Barracks June 19601 commentsJohn Kirby
Eyes right! ©505 viewsTrooping the Colour. Floriana June 1960John Kirby	HMS Ark Royal ©662 viewspossibly in Sliema Creek 19602 commentsJohn Kirby	HMS Tiptoe 1960s569 viewsPrefect	HMS Lion ©800 viewsEarly 1960s Partially completed as HMS Defence, Lion was launched on 2 September 1944 but work was suspended in 1946. Defence was renamed Lion in 1957 and construction continued at Wallsend. She was finally commissioned in July 1960. In September 1964 Lion was present at the Maltese Independence celebrations. Earlier that year she had been rammed under the Forth Road Bridge by HMS Lowestoft. Emergency repairs were carried out in Rosyth Dockyard before she sailed for Malta with only hours to spare. Early in 1965, Lion was present at the Gambia Independence ceremony at Bathurst, now Banjul. She was decommissioned into the reserve at Devonport until 1972, when she was placed on the disposal list. Prefect
HMS Tiger & Lion in Grand Harbour -24 August 1961941 viewsTiger steaming past her sister ship. According to my records this is the first occasion since the "Tiger" class Cruisers were launched that the two of them are seen together in the Med. Date please??4 commentsdeco.rise	100th Minesweeper Sqn. off Grand Harbour 1960/61681 viewsFeint pic but a rarity. They are HMS Appleton, Upton, Wolverton & Yarnton 3 commentsdeco.rise	Dutch Cruiser " De Zeven Provincien" Grand Harbour c1961641 viewsFull harbour!, the Netherlands Cruiser, follwed by 27,300 ton "Empress of Canada" & then 12,300 ton " Dunera"deco.rise	Spanish Frigate " Triton" going into Marsamxett, c1961604 views2 commentsdeco.rise
RFA Amherst, 1962/3505 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	Israel Destroyer ' Eilat' Marsamxett c1960545 viewsEilat was originally an R.N. Destroyer - Zealous.1 commentsdeco.rise	HMS Hermes entering Grand Harbour 1961557 viewsSS Olav & SS Lido in foregrounddeco.rise	LST Messina, Sliema Creek, 1961551 viewsdeco.rise
Postcard RFA Wave Knight & Wave Protector c1959/60583 viewsdeco.rise	HMS Blake entering Grand Harbour 1961575 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	HMS Bermuda Grand Harbour 1961/62506 viewsWears Flag of Rear Admiral D P Dreyer, Flag Officer Flotillas, Meditrraneandeco.rise	Postcard - Sepia shot late 1930s687 viewsCan anyone name the Criusers & date it accurately? Batttleships Warspite & Malaya. Date 1938-9. Netlayer Guardian and Carrier is Courageous or Glorious7 commentsdeco.rise
RFA Tide Austral, Spring 1960 Grand Harbour ©503 viewsAs per other 'at sea' pics, Tide Austral re-fuelled HMS Tiger at sea during exrecise I was on.1 commentsdeco.rise	HMS Tiger off Malta, Spring 1960 ©687 viewsShot taken from a tug by myself after having a day at sea on a Naval Exercise, together with HMS Ark Royal & HMS Scorpion ( pics available )3 commentsdeco.rise	Postcard Marsamxett Harbour - HM Naval Fleet577 viewsLook at this lot! From c1958/59. 10 points for naming each vessel!2 commentsdeco.rise	Postcard - Grand Harbour, Cruiser c1950584 viewsCannot remember Cruiser's name. Anyone help? HMS Liverpool.1 commentsdeco.rise
Postcard - Gzira Creek 958 viewsLooks like HMS Forth in foreground, can anybody name any more?6 commentsdeco.rise	RAF Ta Kali 1950s587 views3 commentsPrefect	601 Squadron, Ta Kali 1953.537 viewsPrefect	HMS Lion, Tiger in Grand Harbour, Summer 1961 ©565 viewsMajority of the Fleet on show. Note a tanker in the floating dock to rear.deco.rise
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