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  • Convoy from Malta Convoy from Malta

    (art) Made by: Hailstone, Bernard 1944

    image: A view of the port of Augusta, in Sicily, with a convoy sailing through the neck of the harbour. The rural coastal landscape is visible in the foreground, with a few large buildings towards the middle of the composition. The continuing coastline...

  • Melilli Caves, Sicily: part of the Mine Store Melilli Caves, Sicily: part of the Mine Store

    (art) Made by: Worsley, John 1943-08-01

    image: a view through the straight-edged outer walls of caves used for storing mines, with some spherical naval mines visible in the dark entrance to a cave on the right. Through the gap between the outer walls can be seen a group of four soldiers and...

  • A Night Air-raid over Augusta, 1943 A Night Air-raid over Augusta, 1943

    (art) Made by: Worsley, John 1943

    image: a night scene at sea with gunfire and searchlights spread over the sky. There are the bows of two ships in the foreground, and more vessels are just visible beyond.

  • Convoy Centre at Augusta, Sicily, 1943 Convoy Centre at Augusta, Sicily, 1943

    (art) Made by: Hailstone, Bernard 1943

    image: A view from high ground over Augusta on the Sicilian coast, with a convoy of ships moored at sea within Augusta's natural harbour. In the foreground are terraced fields, trees and rural buildings with the larger buildings of Augusta evident...

  • SS Fort Pelly Ammunition Ship Blowing Up, Mt Etna in the Distance, Augusta, 20 July 1943 SS Fort Pelly Ammunition Ship Blowing Up, Mt Etna in the Distance, Augusta, 20 July 1943

    (art) Made by: Baxter, Fred 1943

    image: Shipping moored in Augusta harbour on the Sicilian coast. To the left is a large explosion as SS Fort Pelly, an ammunition ship, has been hit by bombs from a dive-bomber.

  • Mines Stored in Melilli Caves, Sicily Mines Stored in Melilli Caves, Sicily

    (art) Made by: Worsley, John 1943

    image: neatly stacked long lines of spherical naval mines stored within the interior of a cave. The cave has a high ceiling and straight-edged walls.

  • Sicily 1944: Landing at Augusta Sicily 1944: Landing at Augusta

    (art) Made by: Houghton, Stanley 1944

    image: troops landing and entering a town

  • Sicily 1944: On the Hill above Augusta Sicily 1944: On the Hill above Augusta

    (art) Made by: Houghton, Stanley 1944

    image: troops taking cover in a ditch