Valetta

The port of Valetta is rated as one of the finest harbours in the world, and is the home of the British Mediterranean Fleet.

The Defence of Malta 1945

My first memory is of the grand harbor at Valetta, which is, by the way, a magnificent thing to have as your first memory.

For the Sake of Argument 1993

The present situation of Malta is this: the inhabitants are in possession of all the island; except the town of Valetta, which is in your possession -- that the islanders are in arms against you -- and, that the port is blockaded by a squadron belonging to his Britannic majesty.

The Life of the Right Honourable Horatio Lord Viscount Nelson, Volume 1 James Harrison

That called Valetta, in honour of the Grand Master who so gallantly defended the place against the Turks, is extremely well Fortified, and also defended by a Castle, held to be impregnable.

The Strange Adventures of Captain Dangerous, Vol. 3 of 3 Who was a sailor, a soldier, a merchant, a spy, a slave among the moors... George Augustus Sala 1861

The Grand Master survived the siege, his monument is the noble city of "Valetta" built on Mount Sceberras.

Sea-Wolves of the Mediterranean E. Hamilton Currey

In the winter of '53, I went from Marseilles to Civita Vecchia, in one of the magnificent P. and O. ships, the "Valetta," the master of which subsequently did distinguished service in the Crimea.

Roundabout Papers William Makepeace Thackeray 1837

The present situation of Malta is this: the inhabitants are in possession of all the island; except the town of Valetta, which is in your possession ” that the islanders are in arms against you ” and, that the port is blockaded by a squadron belonging to his Britannic majesty.

The Life of the Right Honourable Horatio Lord Viscount Nelson Harrison, James 1806

For two days, with nothing to eat and the Valetta hove to, they remained below.

THE DEVILS OF FUATINO 2010

The Valetta cruised through the Low Islands, picking up shell and pearls at Dupuy's stations.

THE DEVILS OF FUATINO 2010

For a year he had been sailing out of Tahiti and through the Paumotus on the Valetta.

THE DEVILS OF FUATINO 2010