Newport Merchant Navy

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Memorial details

Memorial type

Sculptured / Cast figure

District

Town

County

Country

Maker

Sebastien Boveson (Sculptor)

Ceremony

Unveiled
Date: 1991
Attended by: Unknown

Lost

Not lost

WM Reference

77152

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Current location

Newport Merchant Navy
Mariners Green
Cardiff Rd
Newport
Newport
Gwent
NP20 2AA
Wales

OS Grid Ref: ST 31328 87476
Denomination: Undefined

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Description

Bronze classical figure holding sextant and sitting on globe. Depicted without clothes except for a loincloth as Merchant Seamen did not wear a uniform. Figure surmounts a stone pillar with three bronze columns. On a circualr stoen base with stone logs and ?cargoes around.

Inscription

(Not reported)

Inscription legible?

yes

Condition

Merchant Navy Newport
WMO ID: 200061
Condition: Good [last updated on 04-10-2016]
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Trust fund/Scholarship

No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A

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