Malta Collection

Gloster Gladiator
The last of Britains biplane fighters, it entered service in 1937 and took part in World War Two, notably in the defence of Malta, though quite outclassed by its opponents

Malta - Valletta - a traditional Dghajsa boat. Date: circa 1908

HMS Ajax, British battleship, at Malta
HMS Ajax, British King George V-class battleship, seen here at Malta. Date: circa 1919

Ossuary Chapel of skulls - Valletta, Malta - destroyed by a bomb during World War II. Date: circa 1910s

Grand Harbour - Valletta, Malta Date: circa 1910s

Xlendi Bay - Gozo - Malta. This site is now very developed - the smallholding (centre) replaced by a large Hotel! Date: circa 1920s

HMS Vengeance, British aircraft carrier
HMS Vengeance (R71), British light aircraft carrier, Colossus-class. Seen here in Malta harbour. Date: circa 1950s

Near Zebug, Gozo, Malta. 4 July 1891

Siege of Malta 1565
Jean de la Valette defends the island against the Turks

Malta - Valletta - Interior of St Johns Co-Cathedral Date: circa 1920s

Malta - Lacemaking
Lacemaking in Malta during WWI. Malta was not on the front line of World War I (unlike World War II) but did participate in many ways nevertheless

Harbour / Marsaxlokk / Malta
The Harbour with luzzus (painted fishing boats) at Marsaxlokk, Malta

Valletta / Malta / Yacht
View into the Dockyard Creek in the Grand Harbour showing some of the luxury sailing (and powered) craft moored there

Valletta / Malta
View from the Marsamxett Harbour towards the Carmelite Church dome and St Pauls Cathedral spire, Valletta, Sliema, Malta

Malta / Valletta 1845
View of Valletta

Ossuary Chapel of skulls - Valletta, Malta - destroyed by a bomb during World War II. Date: circa 1910s

Porthcurno Cable Station
Porthcurno cable terminal in Cornwall, built by the Falmouth Gibraltar Malta Telegraph company

Silema, Malta - View of the long promenade
Sliema is a resort town on the east coast of the Mediterranean island of Malta. The waterfront features a long promenade (as shown here). Date: circa 1910s

Malta - Chalet Ghar id-dud Sliema
Malta - Old Chalet - Ghar Id-Dud, Sliema Date: circa 1920s

Royal Opera House in Valletta, Malta - Ruins
Ruins of the Royal Opera House in Valletta, Malta - severely damaged in 1942 following German bombing raids during World War Two and pulled down following the war

Valletta, Malta - HMS Egmont and Dockyard Creek. Date: 1923

Map of Sicily by G. H. Davis
A contour map of Sicily, giving the shortest air distances from Cape Bon and Malta. At this stage in the Second World War it was a British front-line objective in Axis eyes

The Duke of Edinburgh taking over HMS Magpie at Malta
Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, being met by Lt.-Cmdr A. Harber (sp?) at the time he took over command of HMS Magpie at Valletta harbour in Malta. Date: 1950

Panoramic map of Mediterranean by G. H. Davis
A new centre of world alarm during the Second World War: a panoramic map of the Mediterranean, showing the principal bases

St Marys Tower, Comino, Malta
View of St Marys Tower, Comino, Malta. circa 1890s

Statue of Virgin Mary
A statue of the Virgin Mary in the cathedral at Victoria (Rabat) on the Island of Gozo, part of the Maltese archipelago

Malta / Valletta Bridge
Valletta: Porta Reale, gate and drawbridge over the ditch protecting the inner walls of the city Date: 1909

St Elmos Fire / Malta
The French Admiral Forbin, off Malta, reports St Elmos fire at every extremity of his rigging Date: circa 1700

Malta - Floriana - Chapel of our Lady of Lourdes Date: circa 1920s

Malta - Floriana - General View Date: circa 1920s

Malta - Piazza Pont Anna Floriana with two open-sided, trams

Blue Grotto / Malta / Coates
The inside of the Blue Grotto

Siege of Malta Raised
The siege of Malta raised

Cannon / Valletta / Malta
A cannon displayed outside the St John Cathedral (viewed from St John Square) at Valletta

Malta - Mtarfa - St. Davids British Military Barracks. Date: circa 1910s

Malta - Valletta - a fishing boat. Date: circa 1908

Malta - Valletta - Scesa Marina
Malta - Valletta - Scesa (Strada) Marina. Date: circa 1910s

Malta - Valletta - Custom House Date: circa 1910s

Valletta, Malta - View of Grand Harbour from Barrakka lift
Valletta, Malta - View of the Grand Harbour from the Barrakka lift (which links the Grand Harbour to the Upper Barrakka Gardens and Valletta city centre)

Malta - Panoramic View of Floriana (Borgo Vilhena). Date: circa 1910s

Malta - Mosta Church and Maltese Island Tour Buses
The Church of the Assumption of Our Lady, commonly known as the Rotunda of Mosta or Rotunda of St Marija Assunta (sometimes shortened to as The Mosta Dome) - a Roman Catholic church in Mosta, Malta

Malta - Marsamuscetto Harbour Date: circa 1910s

Malta - Greetings Postcard, featuring inset pictures of (from left): The Royal Opera House at Valletta - The Custom House and Barracca Lift - The Fountain at the St Antonio Garden

Aircraft-Carrier Hms Glory (R62) Entering Grand Harbour, ?
Aircraft-Carrier Hms Glory (R62) Entering Grand Harbour, Valetta, Malta 2nd Feb 1951 Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm Faa During Korean War Date: 1951

Early Japanese Cigarette Packet - Front and Back (combined) - Mikasa cigarettes specially manuafctured for The Japanese Tobacco Monopoly by A G Cousis & Co. Cairo & Malta

Malta

Royal Navy warships in Malta

Royal Navy warships in Malta - early 1900s

All Professionally Made to Order for Quick Shipping