A ship in a harbour? A grainy image of an unidentified vessel at anchor? Maybe not the most inspiring or interesting of views.
This photograph was taken by my grandad sometime between 1958 and 1960. The ship is in Grand Harbour, Valletta, Malta. We have tried to find out the name of the ship and her purpose for being there but we cannot fathom (see what I did there) either answer. We suspect she is a cruise ship, but may be a troop carrier.
It is a moment in time, something that will never be repeated so surely holds an interest. Time passes so quickly now that small things like this are quickly forgotten. However, for some of those people on the ship on that day, maybe it isn’t forgotten. Sixty years is a long time but maybe people still recall that day.
Dexter 
Hi Dex,
You piqued my interest, so took a little look. Seems that the HMT Dunera was in Malta in 1958, stopping off for supplies on route elsewhere. It looks similar to me http://www.kingsownmuseum.com/galleryship013.htm
(but I’m fairly clueless!)
Ben
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Ooh, that looks like good detective work!
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Hi Dex,
You piqued my interest so I thought I would take a quick look. HMT Dunera stopped off at Malta for supplies en route elsewhere in 1958, and to my eyes look similar
http://www.kingsownmuseum.com/galleryship013.htm
(But what do I know 🙂 )
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Thank you. You know more than I do. I think I will contact the Kings Own Regiment website and see if they can confirm whether the ship was indeed the HMT Dunera. Thanks once more.
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