Maritime Museum Nadur

Maritime Museum Nadur A thorough look at the various items will take you through something like three centuries of history of the various ships that ploughed the seas and ocean

The Maritime Museum Nadur is also known at Kelinu Grima Maritime Museum. It is unique in more ways than one. It is certainly the only one of its type in Gozo and it has among its myriad exhibits some very rare and priceless items like for example, authenticated pieces of timber from Lord Nelson's ships, H.M.S. 'Victory' and the first U.S. warship 'Constitution' as well as one of Lord Louis Mountba

tten's gold epaulette, which he once wore during this period of duty in the Mediterranean. Above all else, the Museum is unique in that it is a superb and living epitome of a labour of love and dedication to the sea, the various craft of all shapes and sizes and the hardy men who guided them to their destinies in peace and in war. Opening Hours:-
1000-1330 hours - (Tuesdays)
0900-1200 hours and 1330-1600 hours (Thursdays & Saturdays)
Closed on Public Holidays. Entrance Fee - Adults €3.00
Children between 12-17 years - €1.00
Below 12 years - Free

25th April is Anzac day. Anzac Day was originally devised to honour the members of the Australian and New Zealand Army C...
25/04/2025

25th April is Anzac day. Anzac Day was originally devised to honour the members of the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps (ANZAC) who served in the Gallipoli Campaign and landed at Gallipoli on the 25th April. Today, the day honours those that have served and died in all wars.

The Allies suffered huge casualties at Gallipoli and thousands of wounded troops were brought to Malta for treatment. It was during this period that the island earned the nickname ‘Nurse of the Mediterranean’.

The first batch of wounded in the naval operations arrived in Malta on March 20, 1915. On April 9, Malta was asked to prepare, in case of necessity, for 3,000 wounded.

The first casualties from the Gallipoli campaign consisted of 600 cases that arrived in Malta on May 4. Barges of wounded men were gently unloaded on to the quayside outside Valletta’s ancient Sacra Infermeria Hospital. From here the wounded were sorted and moved on to the other hospitals around the island.

Local Boy Scouts ran errands for the soldiers, posting their letters and bringing them magazines. There was a cool garden at the back of the hospital where a weekly concert was held for the patients.

More wounded soldiers arrived during the next days; 500 on May 5, and 640 on May 6. By the end of the month over 4,000 sick and wounded had arrived.

The nuns of the Little Company of Mary, the ‘Blue Sisters’, offered their hospital at St Julian’s, comprising the nursing home Casa Leone XIII and adjoining Zammit Clapp hospital. Marchesa Scicluna lent Villa Dragonara as a convalescent home and provided £100 a month for its upkeep.

Australia Hall was quickly constructed near the hospitals at St Andrews, capable of accommodating 2,000 people. An additional 39 nurses arrived on May 7. A total of 240 medical officers, 567 sisters and voluntary aid detachments (VADs), as well as 1,760 men of the RAMC attended the sick and injured.

By June 1915, there were 14 hospitals in Malta, served by 117 medical officers, 300 nurses and 753 ranks. Between June and July the number of beds rose to 13,093, dealing also with new ailments, dysentery and enteric fever.

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Triq Il-Kappillan
Nadur
NDR1051

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Tuesday 10:00 - 13:30
Thursday 09:00 - 12:00
13:30 - 16:00
Saturday 09:00 - 12:00
13:30 - 16:00

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The Maritime Museum Nadur is also known at Kelinu Grima Maritime Museum. It is unique in more ways than one. It is certainly the only one of its type in Gozo and it has among its myriad exhibits some very rare and priceless items like for example, authenticated pieces of timber from Lord Nelson's ships, H.M.S. 'Victory' and the first U.S. warship 'Constitution' as well as one of Lord Louis Mountbatten's gold epaulette, which he once wore during this period of duty in the Mediterranean. Above all else, the Museum is unique in that it is a superb and living epitome of a labour of love and dedication to the sea, the various craft of all shapes and sizes and the hardy men who guided them to their destinies in peace and in war. Opening Hours :-

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