THE SIEGE OF MALTA 87
Under fire
Naval officers and ratings line the deck of
the light cruiser HMS Penelope, moored in the
Grand Harbor, Valletta. The ship’s starboard
side was so severely cratered by bomb
splinters that the crew nicknamed the cruiser
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