Tal-Handaq Nostalgia

Memories of the Royal Naval School, Malta, 1947 - 1978.


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Important Chap on Horse479 viewsProbably at the Marsa, crossing the Wied il Kbir channel.Prefect
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Royal Garrison Artillery448 viewsAt St Elmo.Prefect
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The Band465 viewsPrefect
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Parade at St Andrew's465 viewsPrefect
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Storm Damage Hal Far 1934552 viewsPrefect
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Sports Day at St Andrew's487 viewsProbably not long after it was built in 1905.Prefect
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HMS Vulcan450 viewsPrefect
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HMS Vulcan 506 viewsIn Lazaretto Creek. 19 MTBs of this type were built prior to WW2- it says here.Prefect
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HMS Vulcan 1937761 viewsOriginally a trawler named Mascot and later Aston Villa before being purchased by the Royal Navy in 1936, and converted into a depot ship for coastal forces.
Gzira Church has yet to get its 2nd dome.
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Valletta 1649451 viewsPrefect
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HMS Sealion 1937482 viewsPrefect
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HMS Salmon 1937445 viewsPrefect
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Marsamuscetto 1930s ©490 viewsFrom Peter Evans. Prefect
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Pieta 1930s ©529 viewsSt Luke's under construction.
From Peter Evans.
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Swimming at Sliema ©555 viewsBetween the Wars.
From Peter Evans.
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Gnejna Valley ©518 viewsFrom Peter EvansPrefect
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Flying the Flag ©537 viewsRiviera Hotel Ghajn Tuffieha
From Peter Evans
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Barriera Wharf 1935736 viewsand in the future!
The stone pillars once supported a wooden boardwalk which formed a barrier to segregate quarantined persons.
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Ghar id-Dud 1912532 viewsBefore the Chalet.Prefect
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Valletta from the Quarantine Harbour 1842544 viewsArtist Lt. Allen, Royal Engineers. Engraver W. Wallis
(We have it right this time!)
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The King530 viewsArriving in HMS Aurora, June 20 1943.
Associated Press.
Large tug Ancient or Robust, small tug Carbine.
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VALETTA, FROM THE MARSA MUSCEIT. (Not - see comments)678 viewsArtist T. C. Dibdin, Drawn from Nature by Lieut. H.E. Allen, Rl. Engrs. Engraver J. Tingle, 1842?
Fisher, Son & Co. London & Paris, 1836.
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Admiralty House 1896578 viewsR EllisPrefect
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RFA Maine 1929485 viewsPrefect
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As Built532 viewsPrefect
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HM Submarine B10 1913613 viewsR.Ellis
Lost by bombing at Venice 1916.
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HM Submarine X1 1927691 viewsPrefect
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HMS Cyclops 1935771 viewsEllis.
In Msida Creek where she resided from 1926-1938, with Regent, Regulus, Rover, Otway or Oxley, Shark & Sealion.
St Luke's is half built.
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William Scamp's New Church494 viewsCourtesy of Amazon.Prefect
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The Chalet & Sliema Point Battery796 views2 commentsPrefect
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RNH Bighi549 viewsNew block under construction c 1902.Prefect
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St Michael's Bastion c 1870544 viewsMalta Windmills.Prefect
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