Tal-Handaq Nostalgia

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


Last comments - Naval & Military
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HMS St Angelo1133 viewsFort St Angelo18 commentsPrefect10/12/11 at 06:50Prefect: Reckon so. Though even then we were well into the ...
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HMS St Angelo1133 viewsFort St Angelo18 commentsPrefect10/12/11 at 06:47Martin Powell: That's got to be a misprint - we left in 1979...
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HMS St Angelo1133 viewsFort St Angelo18 commentsPrefect10/12/11 at 06:33Prefect: Back to the bridge. Bonnici & Cassar (p13) state &...
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RFA Bacchus 1938510 views7 commentsPrefect10/10/11 at 13:28Prefect: By altering course for 20 minutes or so, whilst th...
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HMS Victorious594 views2 commentsPrefect10/10/11 at 13:10Prefect: Not dated but might be 1966 on her way home from t...
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HMS Victorious594 views2 commentsPrefect10/10/11 at 11:59Martin Powell: What year? The second bridge span has gone.
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RFA Bacchus 1938510 views7 commentsPrefect10/10/11 at 11:40Nick Woodley: .... and after a few cans of Tiger, the wind was a...
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RFA Bacchus 1938510 views7 commentsPrefect10/10/11 at 11:40Martin Powell: How did you control the wind?
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RFA Bacchus 1938510 views7 commentsPrefect10/10/11 at 11:05Prefect: On well regulated ships, you had to ask permission...
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RFA Bacchus 1938510 views7 commentsPrefect10/10/11 at 08:50phillrose: Ah, what we used to do was wait until the mates me...
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RFA Bacchus 1938510 views7 commentsPrefect10/10/11 at 08:42Prefect: Bridge, what colour would you prefer?
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RFA Bacchus 1938510 views7 commentsPrefect10/10/11 at 08:20Nick Woodley: Engine room, you are making black smoke.
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HMS St Angelo1133 viewsFort St Angelo18 commentsPrefect10/10/11 at 06:47Martin Powell: Hazy but it's there all right.
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HMS St Angelo1133 viewsFort St Angelo18 commentsPrefect10/10/11 at 06:12Prefect: Nice one here. We only have a distant view.
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HMS St Angelo1133 viewsFort St Angelo18 commentsPrefect10/10/11 at 05:54Martin Powell: Last year I tried to find the way onto the remaini...
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HMS St Angelo1133 viewsFort St Angelo18 commentsPrefect10/10/11 at 05:50Prefect: Well they built a monstrous block of flats on the ...
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HMS St Angelo1133 viewsFort St Angelo18 commentsPrefect10/10/11 at 04:51Martin Powell: In 1970 the shoreside buildings at St A landing st...
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HMS St Angelo1133 viewsFort St Angelo18 commentsPrefect10/08/11 at 12:12Prefect: Well they are but I'm sure they won't mi...
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HMS St Angelo1133 viewsFort St Angelo18 commentsPrefect10/08/11 at 09:18Martin Powell: Hmm - that cruise ship looks very modern, the odd ...
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HMS Camperdown 1960 - 1961640 viewsAnd some visitors.2 commentsPrefect10/02/11 at 11:02Prefect: Dunno. It does look odd. Must be one of the visito...
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HMS Camperdown 1960 - 1961640 viewsAnd some visitors.2 commentsPrefect10/02/11 at 09:17phillrose: What do you think that is astern of D32? very stra...
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HMS Illustrious 1943778 viewsHarbour boom rigged.4 commentsPrefect09/27/11 at 00:13Prefect: It was even quicker. The refit in Norfolk Va. was ...
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HMS Illustrious 1943778 viewsHarbour boom rigged.4 commentsPrefect09/26/11 at 18:21OldBat: Thanks prefect! Amazing that they got it back to ...
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HMS Illustrious 1943778 viewsHarbour boom rigged.4 commentsPrefect09/23/11 at 00:50Prefect: Yes, she was operational again by March 1942, and ...
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HMS Illustrious 1943778 viewsHarbour boom rigged.4 commentsPrefect09/22/11 at 18:13OldBat: This must have been after it came back from Americ...
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Former RN Camerata Barracks, Valletta.1258 views3 commentsPrefect09/10/11 at 05:52robinwilliams: I do not believe it was a school as such more of a...
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Former RN Camerata Barracks, Valletta.1258 views3 commentsPrefect09/09/11 at 08:11Prefect: Can't find any trace of there being a school,...
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Former RN Camerata Barracks, Valletta.1258 views3 commentsPrefect09/09/11 at 05:52robinwilliams: When I first arrived in Malta early 1952 my sister...
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HMS Kemerton 1962681 views5 commentsPrefect09/06/11 at 01:41phillrose: The diving school building is still there just a b...
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HMS Kemerton 1962681 views5 commentsPrefect09/06/11 at 00:40Prefect: The building is still there if not the jetty. See ...
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HMS Kemerton 1962681 views5 commentsPrefect09/05/11 at 13:38Nick Woodley: I think I went to sea cadets in that building in 1...
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HMS Kemerton 1962681 views5 commentsPrefect09/05/11 at 08:46robinwilliams: The building referred to is (or was) Small Ships T...
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