HMS MALAYA

 

Queen Elizabeth Class Battleship

 


 

Malem Fero Malis

 

I bring evil to the evil

HMS MALAYA

 

Laid Down: 20 Oct 1913

Launched: 18 Mar 1915

Commissioned: 01 Feb 1916

Paid off: 01 Dec 1944

Fate: Sold for scrap 20 Feb 1948 she arrived at Faslane on 12 Apr 1948 to be broken up.

 

This page is not meant to be a comprehensive history of HMS MALAYA, but a record of sailors of the ROYAL CANADIAN NAVY who served in her, photos they took and stories they may have shared with their families.

 


 

     In memory of those who have crossed the bar    

They shall not be forgotten

 

 


 

Photos and Documents

 

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(BL17) HMS MALAYA - Fo'c's'le from bridge - Dec 1943

(BL18) HMS MALAYA - looking aft from the bull ring at the forward turrets and bridge - Dec 1943

(BL19) Quarterdeck messenger by after 15-inch gun on HMS MALAYA.  Circular emplacements are Oerlikons

(BL20) "B" Turret and bridge of HMS MALAYA - Dec 1943

 

From the collection of Cdr Bernard Summers Lake, RCN

 

Courtesy of Barry Lake

 


 

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