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Esmeralda 1967329 viewsAnd an LST.
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Esmeralda 1967301 viewsChilean Naval Training Ship. Wiki.
Sliema Creek.
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PAS Director 1967340 viewsAwaiting the arrival of an RFA, probably Tarbatness.
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ITS Intrepido passing HMS Victorious 1967446 views© CC Licence - BHS - Flickr. Prefect
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HMS Formidable 1946388 viewsPrefect
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RAF Krendi ©349 viewsViewed from near Laferla Cross.Prefect
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Runway 13/31 at RAF Krendi ©366 viewsMap.
Abandoned Airfields-Malta.Prefect
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RFA Diligence344 viewsCaptain Trevor Iles with the RFA Association Malta.
Photo © RFA.Prefect
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HMS Ledbury - July 2013 ©356 viewsPhoto kindly supplied by the British High Commission who may be found here on Flickr and here on Facebook.Prefect
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Wrens on the Roof438 viewsWhitehall Mansions 1960
Photo kindly supplied by the British High Commission who may be found here on Flickr and here on Facebook.Prefect
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HMS Illustrious - November 2012327 viewsPhoto © Royal Navy.Prefect
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HMS Echo ©331 viewsJune 2013Prefect
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In the ERAs club, Floriana 1952400 viewsdfss
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HMS Cleopatra 1952359 viewsdfss
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HMS Cleopatra in 1952378 viewsIn which my father was then serving. Photo taken by Mary Cowan on a visit to the island in that year.dfss
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HMS Cleopatra as "HMS Amesbury".417 viewsIn Single Handed.Prefect
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Manxman disguised as "Essen".412 viewsWith not very convincing guns.Prefect
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Manxman 1952445 viewsDuring the filming of Single Handed at Dwejra Bay.
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Ark Royal465 viewsProbably 1977.Prefect
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Postcard Dockyard Creek435 viewsProbably HMS Surprise.Prefect
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Wrens in Marsamxett c1945452 viewsPrefect
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Hermes Squadrons at Hal Far 1966 ©1146 viewsBuccaneers of 809, and Sea Vixens of 892 Squadrons, disembarked from HMS Hermes, ashore at RNAS Hal Far dispersal.Kalabrat
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728 (FRU) Sqn FAA at Hal Far dispersal, 1966. ©556 viewsTT20 Target Towing Meteors.
Formed at North Front, Gibraltar on 1 May 1943 with fixed wing target tugs and moved around bases of the Mediterranean rim during WWII. Mosquitos were issued towards the end of 1945. After 4 months at RAF Luqa, the unit moved to Hal Far (HMS Falcon) on 5 May 1946. From Dec 1952 the Squadron operated helicopters alongside its fixed wing types, first Dragonfly HR.3s then Whirlwinds. 728 Squadron was disbanded at Hal Far on 31 May 1967, when it handed back its last Meteors.
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No 9 OMQ Kalafrana 1966 ©507 viewsHome in 1966/7, overlooking Kalafrana and Birzebbugia, now, alas, buried under a giant container port. The car is a VW Variant estate, bought new in Malta, free of purchase tax, and driven back to the UK via Sicily at the end of the posting.
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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.
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WRNS Quarters at Kalafrana ©468 viewsEarly 1980s before their demolition.
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Lt Cdr Jack Colbeck 539 viewsAEO 728 Squadron, 1967.
By then no longer RNAS Hal-Far (HMS Falcon) having become RAF Hal-Far on 1st Sept 1965.
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Last White Ensign at Hal Far 953 views31 May 1967 on the disbandment of 728 Naval Air Squadron.
HMS Falcon had already ceased to be on 31 August 1965. RAF Hal-Far was instituted 1st Sept 1965.
The Kalafrana - Hal Far StoryKalabrat
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Last White Ensign at Hal Far352 views31 May 1967 on the disbandment of 728 Naval Air Squadron.
HMS Falcon had already ceased to be on 31 August 1965. RAF Hal-Far was instituted 1st Sept 1965.
The Kalafrana - Hal Far StoryKalabrat
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Sunderland in SPB547 views© IWM (MH 8043). Short Sunderland Mark I, 'DQ-M', of No. 228 Squadron RAF, on fire in St Paul's Bay, Malta after being shot up for a second time by Messerschmitt Bf 109s of 7/JG26., already damaged from the previous attack on 7 March 1941, ultimately sank after efforts to tow her ashore failed.
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