7th Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery was an air defence unit of the British Army that served in the Siege of Malta during World War II. It fired the first British shots in the Mediterrane
Fort Manoel.
Italian aircraft bombing Grand Harbour
HMS Illustrious (right of crane) under attack.
Malta – the Harbour Barrage from the Upper Barracca, by Leslie Cole; depicting an AA gun (in the centre of the composition) firing during a night air raid.
HMS Welshman
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HMS Welshman was an Abdiel-class minelayer of the Royal Navy, launched in September 1941. During World War II she served with the Home Fleet carrying out minelaying operations, before being transferre
7th Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery
…day (7th HAA Rgt had already fired 37,100 rounds in the first four months of 1942) and replacement gun barrels were scarce. When the fast minelayer HMS Welshman ran in ammunition supplies on 10 May (part of Operation Bowery), the most intense AA barrage yet fired was provided to protect her while unloading…
HMS Welshman, 1942