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    Malta Dockyard was an important naval base in the Grand Harbour in Malta in the Mediterranean Sea. The infrastructure which is still in operation is now...
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    has been substantially modified over the years with extensive docks (Malta Dockyard), wharves, and fortifications. The harbour mouth faces north east and...
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    Until 1800 Malta depended on cotton, tobacco and its shipyards for exports. Once under British control, they came to depend on Malta Dockyard for support...
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    Royal Navy Dockyards (more usually termed Royal Dockyards) were state-owned harbour facilities where ships of the Royal Navy were built, based, repaired...
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    was a laborious task. In early 1843, HMS Formidable was careened at Malta Dockyard to carry out repairs after the ship had grounded a few weeks earlier...
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    September 1902) was a Royal Navy officer who became Admiral Superintendent, Malta Dockyard. Watson entered the Royal Navy in 1860, was promoted to lieutenant in...
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    (0.25 sq mi). Across Grand Harbour, in the Three Cities, where the Malta Dockyard and the Admiralty headquarters were located, 28,000 people were packed...
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    United States), the Royal Navy remained in the Malta Dockyard until 1979. Following their departure, Malta charted a new course of neutrality and became...
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    Navy left its base at the Malta Dockyard. In 1995, under Prime Minister Eddie Fenech Adami of the Nationalist Party, Malta joined the Euro-Atlantic Partnership...
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    (launched in 1968). The yard was known as HM Dockyard, Plymouth until 1843, when it was renamed HM Dockyard, Devonport. (In the late 20th century, here...
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    Nelson's Dockyard is a cultural heritage site and marina in English Harbour, located in Saint Paul Parish on the Caribbean island of Antigua, in Antigua...
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    Chatham Dockyard was a Royal Navy Dockyard located on the River Medway in Kent. Established in Chatham in the mid-16th century, the dockyard subsequently...
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    1931) was a Royal Navy officer who became Admiral Superintendent of Malta Dockyard. Promoted to commander on 1 January 1898, Limpus was posted to the protected...
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    Woolwich Dockyard (formally H.M. Dockyard, Woolwich, also known as The King's Yard, Woolwich) was an English naval dockyard along the river Thames at Woolwich...
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    Sheerness Dockyard was a Royal Navy Dockyard located on the Sheerness peninsula, at the mouth of the River Medway in Kent. It was opened in the 1660s and...
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    in the 1870s by Sir Edward Reed), while the Melita was built in the Malta Dockyard, the only substantial ship of the Royal Navy ever to be built in the...
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  • in Malta and served in one of the following capacities: Malta Police Force personnel and Special Constables; Malta Dockyard Police and Malta Dockyard personnel...
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    Towards the close of 1921, Luce was appointed Admiral Superintendent, Malta Dockyard. After he had retired from the Navy, Luce served as High Sheriff of...
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  • 1883) was a Royal Navy officer who became admiral superintendent of the Malta Dockyard naval base. Promoted to captain on 15 April 1862, McCrea became commanding...
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  • 1900) was a Royal Navy officer who became Admiral Superintendent at Malta Dockyard. He was born the son of Lieutenant-Colonel Robert Cornwallis King and...
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  • 1910) was a Royal Navy officer who became Admiral Superintendent of Malta Dockyard. Promoted to lieutenant on 3 May 1853 and captain on 11 April 1866,...
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    time when the British Royal Navy left its base in Malta Dockyard.[citation needed] In 1995, Malta joined the Euro-Atlantic Partnership Council multilateral...
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    Birgu (redirect from Vittoriosa, Malta)
    was heavily bombed during World War II due to its proximity to the Malta Dockyard. A number of historic buildings were destroyed, including the Birgu...
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  • the Crimean War. Codrington went on to be Admiral superintendent of Malta Dockyard and then Commander-in-Chief, Plymouth. His uncle was Denys Finch-Hatton...
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    1941. He was next appointed as Admiral Superintendent Malta Dockyard and Flag Officer in Charge, Malta from January 1942 taking part in actions against the...
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    in the Grand Harbor of Malta to refuel. The British Government had to extend the dockyard. At the end of World War II, Malta's strategic importance had...
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    the Island of Malta and its Dependencies (commonly known as the Crown Colony of Malta or simply Malta) was the British colony in the Maltese islands, today...
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  • 1900) was a Royal Navy officer who became Admiral Superintendent of the Malta Dockyard. Born the son of Edward Southwell Ward, 3rd Viscount Bangor, Ward joined...
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    12-pounder 76 mm (3.0 in) QF gun fitted, forward of the conning tower, at Malta Dockyard. She had five 18-inch (450 mm) torpedo tubes, two in the bow, one either...
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    Navy left its base at the Malta Dockyard. In 1995, under Prime Minister Eddie Fenech Adami of the Nationalist Party, Malta joined the Euro-Atlantic Partnership...
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