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• Grand Harbour, Malta, October 1943

  (art) Made by: Worsley, John 1943

  image: a view of the harbour with a battleship in the foreground. To the left of the battleship is another large naval vessel, a monitor, which is positioned behind a tug boat.

• Listening-post at Spyglass, Gibraltar

  (art) Made by: Cole, Leslie 1943

  image: British soldiers gathered at a listening post at Spyglass, Gibraltar, looking out over the Mediterranean. The machinery of the post dominates the centre of the composition, its four cone shaped receivers facing skywards. It is incorporated on the...

• Evacuating the Street of the Immaculate Conception, Senglea, Malta

  (art) Made by: Cole, Leslie 1943

  image: a view along the street of the Immaculate Conception in Senglea, with Maltese civilians busy removing valuables and possessions from their homes. Men, women and children carry items of furniture and valuables, evidently in a hurry to evacuate the...

• Painting the Ship's Number on an Escort Vessel

  (art) Made by: Pitchforth, Roland Vivian (RA) 1944

  image: two workmen stand on a plank suspended from the the hull of a boat. One hangs on to a rope ladder while the other grips the the plank's suspension rope as they paint the ship's number on to her hull.

• Loading Stores for Italy at Algiers

  (art) Made by: Pitchforth, Roland Vivian (RA) 1944

  image: a view looking down on the busy quay side, bustling with people, where cranes are loading military vehicles on to a ship.

• HMS Brecon escorting an Aircraft-carrier from Algiers

  (art) Made by: Pitchforth, Roland Vivian (RA) 1944

  image: a view looking back towards a ship painted with dazzle patterns, sailing ahead of the aircraft carrier on the horizon. In the foreground a sailor can be seen raising the Scottish flag.

• HMS Berkeley Castle at Gibraltar

  (art) Made by: Pitchforth, Roland Vivian (RA) 1944

  image: A view over ships anchored at sea near the coast of Gibraltar, seen from the deck of a ship's bow. In the foreground two figures dressed in overalls are scrubbing down the wooden deck. To the right there are several winches coiled with rope, and...

• HMS Illustrious Under Attack. Excess Convoy, January 1941

  (art) Made by: Hamilton, John 1972

  image: A reconstruction of a scene during Operation Excess in the Mediterranean. The Royal Navy aircraft carrier HMS Illustrious is under attack from German aircraft and is surrounded by plumes of water from the barrage.

• Our First Glimpse of the Desert near Suez 'Convoy' series, 1941 - 1942

  (art) Made by: Gross, Anthony (CBE) (RA) 1942

  image: Through a network of rigging a sailor looks towards a mountainous coastline. A light anti-aircraft gun facing the sky is immediately to his right and four ships lie in the water before the coastline.

• Hospital Ships off Aden 'Convoy' series, 1941 - 1942

  (art) Made by: Gross, Anthony (CBE) (RA) 1942

  image: A coastal landscape; a rocky, undulating mainland in the distance with hospital ships sailing in the sea in the foreground.