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Title
Merchant Navy Memorial
Medium
bronze & stone
Measurements
H 250 x W (?) x D (?) cm;
Plinth: H 174 x W 180 x D 180 cm
Accession number
NE33_GL_S001
Acquisition method
erected by public subscription
Work type
Statue
Custodian
South Tyneside Metropolitan Borough Council
Work status
extant
Unveiling date
19th September 1990
Access
at all times
Inscription description
MERCHANT NAVY MEMORIAL / THIS STATUE WAS UNVEILED BY COUNTESS MOUNTBATTEN OF BURMA ON 19TH SEPTEMBER 1990 IN MEMORY OF THE THOUSANDS OF MERCHANT SEAMEN WHO SIALED FROM THIS PORT AND LOST THEIR LIVES IN WORLD WAR II. / "UNRECOGNISED, YOU PUT US IN YOUR DEBT / UNTHANKED YOU ENTER OR ESCAPE THE GRAVE / WHETHER YOUR LAND REMEMBER OR FORGOT / YOU SAVED THE LAND, OR DIED TO TRY TO SAVE." / JOHN MASEFIELD, POET LAUREATE