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A list detailing the different types of vessels that were docked at Malta between September 1939 and May 1945. Classes of ship are listed with the number of each vessel that was docked. Ships also refitted at the docks are recorded, by name and how…

Work completed, manufactured, erected or repaired items with the quantity of each listed item. Includes the reproduction in bronze of a citation of the president of the USA and H.M. The King’s letter awarding the George Cross to be mounted on the…

Each page documents a table of attacks on the docks of Malta. The air raids detailed in the table record the raid number, number of casualties, damage (both place and extent) and damage to ships and equipment.

Report containing the damage to the docks and ships in Malta. Provides updates on the repairs and subsequent hits of both the ships and the docks.

A two-page report listing various classes of ship and the damage each vessel received.

Letter written by a manger an engineering department, detailing the work done by the department sent to the Commodore Superintendent.

A report comparing the number of workers in Malta’s dockyard in September 1939 to V.E. day.

A small table showing the type and number of vessels that were made from supplied parts in Malta.

The HMS Cyclops (F31) leaving Malta.

Additional information kindly provided by Frank Schilder.

A newspaper published during the vessel's crossing to the UK.

A newspaper published on board the troopship returning airmen to the UK.

William Bilton recounts his 6 years of service in the RAF Marine Section from 1940-1946. During his time in Air Sea Rescue, he served in the UK and Europe, assisting RAF operations from the waters. At his first posting in Dover, William was…

A crashed Wellington with the fuselage broken behind the wings. The nose and front of the aircraft are resting on the side of the quarry. An inflated lifeboat is on the starboard wing. On the reverse, 'over the quarry', 'Malta 41', '27 June',…

Top: A Wellington on the ground. Three men in khaki shirts and shorts with two wearing pith helmets are standing looking up at the nose of the aircraft. On the reverse 'The kite at Malta June 1941'.
Bottom: A Wellington on the ground in a rocky…