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Grand Harbour & Marsamxett Harbour

The following 6 photos were supplied courtesy of Norman Tarrant & show areas of Grand Harbour


HMAS Australia in Grand Harbour. No date to this photo but likely to be late '30's.
Photo courtesy of Norman Tarrant.

Valletta & Floriana foreground, Manoel Island & Sliema. Taken from a Swordfish June 1935.
 Photo courtesy of Norman Tarrant.

Taken March 1937. Entrance to Grand Harbour. Valletta middle left.

Taken March 1937. Grand Harbour. Valletta top left.

Taken January 1937. Senglea bottom looking towards Floriana. Floating crane can be seen in the bottom / middle of the photo. This was later used to help protect HMS Illustrious from low level bombers in 1941. Floating dry dock to the left.

Taken May 1936. I'm guessing it could be Floriana towards Marsa.

The 'Knight of Malta' taken in Grand Harbour taken in April 1936
Photo courtesy of Norman Tarrant

Unloading a Swedish ship pre WWII, May 1936
Photo courtesy of Norman Tarrant

 

The merchant ship may be either Brisbane Star or Melbourne Star. The beached wreck in the foreground may be the minesweeper HMS Abingdon.
Photo courtesy of Dave Charles

Beached ship (minesweeper?) possibly at Senglea.
Photo courtesy of Dave Charles

I was given a large envelope of old photos by Len Hesling. These ranged from Malta to North Africa & even one of the Arctic convoys.
They show views around Manoel Island probably during 1943. Many ships can be seen in the harbour
including submarines & some landing craft used in the landings on Sicily.

These were quite small snapshots & took some time to expand with decent quality. I scanned them as colour images to show the sepia colours.

Photo courtesy of Len Hesling.

From Manoel Island with Sliema in the background
Photo courtesy of Len Hesling.

Photo courtesy of Len Hesling.

Landing craft tied up. Probably Manoel Island.
Photo courtesy of Len Hesling.

Photo courtesy of Len Hesling.

Photo courtesy of Len Hesling.

Photo courtesy of Len Hesling.

Photo courtesy of Len Hesling.

Photo courtesy of Len Hesling.

Photo courtesy of Len Hesling.

Photo courtesy of Len Hesling.

Photo courtesy of Len Hesling.

Photo courtesy of Len Hesling.

Photo courtesy of Len Hesling.

Photo courtesy of Len Hesling.

Photo courtesy of Len Hesling.

Photo courtesy of Len Hesling.

Photo courtesy of Len Hesling.

Photo courtesy of Len Hesling.

Photo courtesy of Len Hesling.

Possibly HMS Lamerton in the foreground. Escort Destroyer.
Photo courtesy of Len Hesling.

 

Photo courtesy of Len Hesling.

Photo courtesy of Len Hesling.

Possibly HMS Delhi which had her stern blown off at Algiers.
Photo courtesy of Len Hesling.

Photo courtesy of Len Hesling.

Photo courtesy of Len Hesling.

Photo courtesy of Len Hesling.

Photo courtesy of Len Hesling.

Photo courtesy of Len Hesling.

Photo courtesy of Len Hesling.