HMS Gallant - H 59

The photos below show HMS Gallant at Malta after striking a mine 25 miles southwest of Pantellaria on the 10th January 1941 at 0834 hours. She lost her bow & was towed to Malta by HMS Mohawk.
She was destroyed by bombs during an air raid on the 5th April 1942 & was used in St.Paul's Bay as a block ship in September 1943.

 

HMS Gallant beached just below Floriana, Grand Harbour.
These 3 photos courtesy of Tony Cox.