Malta-Valetta Harbour Pictures 2011

[HanSolo78]

Hi guys!

As some (the most, I think) of you know the harbour of Valetta had a major strategic part in the war of ww2 and the mediterranean sea.
We all know the harbour from Silent Hunter 3 or Silent Hunter 5.
This year my wife and me started to plan our holidays and since women always want to go somewhere warm, I suggested Malta.
It is warm, has a great countryside and a long history.
Of course we planned to visit Valetta and the grand harbour.

Maybe some of you are interested in having a look of the habour 2011 and some potential tonnage to sink.
I think BdU would give us the iron cross for sinking the tonnage there ;)

The last 10 days have been great on Malta and here you can see the pictures: http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/album.php?albumid=515

http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/picture.php?albumid=515&pictureid=4544

[Magic1111]

Hi Han !

Really nice Pics !!! :up:

...but where are you and your wife on the pics....? :haha:

Best regards,
Magic

[Gerald]

Very nice,:DL

[Jimbuna]

Malta is one of the countries I've never visited but would like to one day....a great deal to see relating to the last war and as far as I understand, a people still greatful for the support Britain gave them in those terrible times.

Crackin photo :yeah:

[Herr-Berbunch]

Wow, great pics. :yeah:

Fantasia is 138,000 GRT :o - how much reknown would that be? And currently parked up in Tunis. If only marinetraffic.com was around 70 years ago!

Vasilios N is still in Malta, the destination is said to be Misurata - don't know if that's still the case or whether that's just the last filed plan for it?

Nice shots of the forts and Ocean too.

[Velero]

Great pictures, I've been there too, amazing place and as you say a lot of history.

Did you by any chance go to that cathedral were a german bomb crashed through the roof, landed on the floor but luckily failed to explode. If I remember rightly it was full of worshipers at the time.

[Feuer Frei!]

Thank you for sharing those fotos with us, really excellent :salute:

[Sailor Steve]

Gorgeous shots, Hans. Thanks for sharing. :rock: