Update December 2017
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Latest report from David Wilson from his visit in March 2017.
He describes her condition as the wood being 'Like Balsa wood, crumbling in your hand'. The sheer waste of this is quite upsetting when she could have been saved but that's what greed does, now she's beyond being saved. Photographs are from September 2016 as below. |
Marsaxlokk - Final resting place for RSL 1654?
I hope it is not her 'final resting place' but these photographs were taken by me, David Rose, at the end of September 2012. I took the photos from all angles around the fencing that I could. It had a locked gate so I could not get into the fenced area.
More photographs at the bottom of this page.
I asked a couple of people around the area but no-one knows who owns the launch.
It is imperative that we found out who owns it so that we can discuss our plans to have it mounted as a monument to 1151 Marine Craft Unit. Hopefully in the village of Marsaxlokk.
The location of these photographs is Marsaxlokk opposite what was the hangar and workshop for RAF Marine Craft Unit 1151 (see photograph directly below this text box) and behind what was the RAF Malta sailing club.
See at the bottom of this page for a Google Earth image of the location. RSL 1654 is right in the middle of the picture. Click on any of these pictures for a bigger image.
More photographs at the bottom of this page.
I asked a couple of people around the area but no-one knows who owns the launch.
It is imperative that we found out who owns it so that we can discuss our plans to have it mounted as a monument to 1151 Marine Craft Unit. Hopefully in the village of Marsaxlokk.
The location of these photographs is Marsaxlokk opposite what was the hangar and workshop for RAF Marine Craft Unit 1151 (see photograph directly below this text box) and behind what was the RAF Malta sailing club.
See at the bottom of this page for a Google Earth image of the location. RSL 1654 is right in the middle of the picture. Click on any of these pictures for a bigger image.
David Wilson (David6238 on the RAF Luqa Remembered Forum) sent these two photographs 8 September 2016. They were taken during his visit to Malta in June 2016.
You can see she has deteriorated since the 2012 photos but I'm hoping the Malta Historic Vehicles Trust can made some headway with obtaining her to be used as a monument.
Google Maps 2012
Google Maps 2016
