Tal-Handaq Nostalgia

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


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Ponsonby's Column570 viewsOn St Andrew's Bastion before being struck down by lightning in 1864.
Major General The Honourable Sir Frederick Cavendish Ponsonby
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Strada Mercanti 1854 or 1856542 viewsJames Robertson/Felice Beato.Prefect
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Unloading Welshman515 viewsPrefect
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HMS Welshman 1942626 viewsIn disguise. WIKI.Prefect
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Fort Ricasoli659 viewsA tale by Peter Prictoe.Prefect
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Salvatore Gate776 viewsFacing Kalkara in the Cottonera Lines.
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Fort Tigne840 viewsIn splendid isolation.Prefect
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Fort Ricasoli694 viewsR. Ellis. Early 1900s.
The fort suffered significant damage from enemy action in WW2, when much of the internal structure was badly damaged. The gate has been rebuilt, but the internal buildings including the Governor's House have been lost.
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Strada Reale c1870731 viewsWith view to St Elmo Lighthouse.
Francis Frith. Museum Victoria.
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Isola Battery c1870567 viewsFrancis Frith. Museum Victoria.Prefect
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Building Mosta Military Iron Bridge 1896522 viewsPrefect
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St Paul's 1850s759 viewsJames Robertson/Felice Beato.
Built on the site of the Auberge d’Allemagne, the cathedral was designed by William Scamp and was built between 1839 and 1844. Queen Adelaide laid the foundation stone on 20 March 1839 and her banner hangs above the choir stalls.
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HMS Ajax 1919441 viewsR.EllisPrefect
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Bighi from St Angelo 1870s495 viewsPrefect
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St Elmo from St Angelo472 viewsPrefect
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HMS Protector 1938428 viewsNetlayer, later converted to Antarctic Patrol Ship.Prefect
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HMS Guardian 1937574 viewsNetlayerPrefect
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Towards St Elmo581 viewsPrefect
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Calesse, Caleche or Calash.456 viewsMark I GharryPrefect
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Auberge de Baviere et d'Angleterre565 viewsOn the English Curtain.
Giorgio Sommer
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Fairey IIIF floatplanes of 202 Squadron543 views at Kalafrana in 1934. Prefect
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HMS Penelope403 viewsPrefect
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HMS Gloucester 1939399 viewsWhen new. Spanish Civil War neutrality markings.Prefect
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HMS Centurion 1937423 viewsFormer Battleship converted to radio controlled target.Prefect
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War damage at the Victualling Yard512 viewsThe 200 column colonnade was built in 1823 to keep the sun off the victuals. The Yard transferred to Pinto Wharf in 1964 and the remnants of the colonnade were removed in 1988.Prefect
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Those were the days!435 viewsPrefect
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HMS Sandhurst598 views Ex merchant ship Manipur, built by Harland and Wolff Belfast 1905, served through WW1 as a destroyer depot ship and later as a fleet repair ship.
The Med Fleet 1932
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HMS Nelson 1938416 viewsPrefect
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Not the Rialto532 viewsBridge over the "canal" at Marsa Sewage Works.Prefect
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Military engineering at Mosta 1928710 viewsProbably repairing Wied l-Isperanza Bridge. (Built 1905)Prefect
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Any more for the Skylark?562 viewsTug Ancient with some of Eagle's ship's company.1 commentsPrefect
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HMS Malaya 1927613 viewsPrefect
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