Patrol boat given to museum

The Armed Forces of Malta yesterday handed over the Swift class patrol boat P24 to the Maritime Museum of San Diego in a symbolic but highly significant ceremony. The museum will have a display that pays tribute to the fallen Maltese servicemen who...

The Armed Forces of Malta yesterday handed over the Swift class patrol boat P24 to the Maritime Museum of San Diego in a symbolic but highly significant ceremony.

The museum will have a display that pays tribute to the fallen Maltese servicemen who died on board the P23 (the sister vessel of P24) during a tragic accident that occurred on September 7, 1984.

The incident – the worst peace-time tragedy suffered by Maltese services personnel – claimed the lives of five soldiers and two policemen when illegal fireworks about to be dumped into the sea exploded on the bow of the small patrol boat.

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