(Recto) HMS 'Bellerophon' off Cape Carthage, 26 April 1852; (Verso) Fort St Elmo and the entrance to the Grand Harbour, Malta, 20 March 1852 RMG PZ0866-002

(Recto) HMS 'Bellerophon' off Cape Carthage, 26 April 1852; (Verso) Fort St Elmo and the entrance to the Grand Harbour, Malta, 20 March 1852
No. 18 of 36 (PAI0849 - PAI0884).
(Recto) Inscribed below the ship 'Bellerophon / Captn Lord......' and below the North African cape bearing the watchtower, centre, 'Cape Carthage'. It is also identified as 'Cape Carthage / Apr 26th 52' in the top right corner of the preceding page (PAI0865 verso). The ship is presumably the former 'Waterloo', 80-guns, renamed 'Bellerophon' in 1824 which was not sold for disposal until 1892. J.J. Colledge's standard list of Navy ships notes her as on 'harbour service' from 1848, but she had presumably been recommissioned for the Mediterranean subsequently.
(Verso) Inscribed top left, 'Malta / March 20th 52' and below the fortification to the left 'Fort St Elmo'. In the foreground is a passenger dghaisa with an awning, two passengers (one female) and the boatman. A small sailing boat is coming into the entrance of the Grand Harbour, off Fort St Elmo (left) at the far end of the Floriana promontory (on which Valletta is built). The fortification to the right of the entrance is Fort Ricasoli.

Fort St Elmo and the entrance to the Grand Harbour, Malta