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Vickers Valiant over Valletta616 views(Miss Yule would have called that Alliteration!)2 commentsPrefect	Light Jackstay Transfer724 viewsBetween Stubbington and Shavington Weekend trip to Sicily. June 1960. Alan Walker The Light Jackstay using fibre ropes and lots of manpower was tested for loads of 500 Lbs. The Heavy Jackstay with steel wire ropes and auto-tension winches could manage loads up to 2 Tons. Not a lot of people know that - or probably want to!Prefect	HMS White Bear 1946691 viewsSurvey Ship. Steam Yacht Iolanda sold to the Admiralty in 1940 for $5. Sold on 1948 and scrapped 1958. Toni ChetcutiPrefect	Destroyers in Sliema Creek1011 viewsRMA Mess on Tigne Street, foreground. LSTs far right. 7th Destroyer Sqn. Probably 1962. HMS Trafalgar, Dunkirk, Jutland, Aisne or Corunna?, Broadsword and Scorpion. 1 commentsPrefect
End of Patrol. 1950s.683 viewsPhill Rose4 commentsPrefect	RFA Maine (3)508 viewsHospital Ship of the Med Fleet. In service 1921 - 1947.Prefect	Going Ashore with our Prezzies597 views©Jane BanksPrefect	Children's Party in the Hangar. 1949/50535 viewsProbably watching Tom & Jerry cartoons? ©Jane BanksPrefect
HMS Decoy 1957659 viewsDaring class destroyer.4 commentsPrefect	RFA Turmoil 471 viewsSalvage Tug of the Bustler class famed for her part in the Flying Enterprise saga of January 1952. See Link ©Ian BentonPrefect	RFA Turmoil 478 viewsPassing through on her way east. ©Ian BentonPrefect	HMS Cumberland553 viewsCounty Class Cruiser. Veteran of the River Plate. Trials ship from 1951 - 1958. ©Ian BentonPrefect
Sub off St Angelo 1950s550 viewsT Class ©Ian Benton1 commentsPrefect	HMS Barfleur478 viewsBattle Class Destroyer ©Ian BentonPrefect	RFA Cherryleaf (3)467 viewsFreighting TankerPrefect	HMS Gambia 1952515 viewsPrefect
Grand Harbour 1955655 viewsPrefect	Salvage 1950690 viewsRFA Sea Salvor, RFA Dispenser (left) & SV Retrieve raising the Breconshire. She was towed to Trieste and scrapped. Video Clip3 commentsPrefect	HMS Breconshire 1950746 viewsAn Auxiliary Supply Ship sunk by bombing in Marsaxlokk, March 1942 after a valiant attempt to reach Grand Harbour from Alexandria, her convoy having been scattered. Video ClipPrefect	RAS off Malta692 viewsA Gannet overflies a Replenishment At Sea between HMS Centaur, RFA Tidepersil, and HMS Lagos.1 commentsPrefect
Whaler & Wave Boat487 viewsThe whaler may have been manned by Tal Handaq sailors who opted to spend their sports afternoons in this idyllic fashion. The Wave is either Baron, Ruler or Chief which has just done a sharp "right hand down a bit" to make the entrance.Prefect	HMS Amethyst 1952597 viewsOf Yangste Incident fame.1 commentsPrefect	HMS Carysfort 1965650 viewsC class destroyer. 27th Escort Squadron.Prefect	HMS Comet 1955574 viewsC class destroyer. Eric HartleyPrefect
HMS Sylvia 1946547 viewsAlgerine class minesweeper. Eric HartleyPrefect	Detention Quarters Staff 1946573 viewsC/SGT Hartley RM 2nd right. ©Eric HartleyPrefect	RFA Wave Baron530 viewsReplenishment TankerPrefect	RFA Bacchus631 viewsStores Carrier The tug is probably Airedale.4 commentsPrefect
Blackburn Beverley ©525 viewsAt RAF Ta Kali Air Display 1960.1 commentsPrefect	Avro Shackleton ©505 viewsAt RAF Ta Kali Air Display 1960.1 commentsPrefect	Handley Page Hastings ©478 viewsAt RAF Ta Kali Air Display 1960.1 commentsPrefect	RFA Tide Austral 1962454 viewsLater commissioned as HMAS Supply.Prefect
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