HMS Mars in Malta | 1860 Size:32"x24" Their employment requires uncommon exertions

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HMS Mars in Malta | 1860 Size:32"x24" Their employment requires uncommon exertionsThis early photograph captures HMS Mars anchored in the Grand Harbour of Valletta around 1860, at a time when Malta served as a vital strategic base for the Royal Navy in the Mediterranean. Launched in 1848, HMS Mars was a powerful 90 gun second rate ship of the line, representing the final generation of large wooden warships before the rapid transition to ironclads and steam propulsion. By the 1860s, vessels like Mars were already becoming symbols of

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