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Title
Merchant Navy Memorial
Date
2005
Medium
Cornish granite, marble & yellow metal
Measurements
H 800 x W 150 x D 150 cm (E);
Plinth: H 50 x W 300 x D 300 cm (E)
Accession number
SA1_DO_S226
Acquisition method
commisisioned by Swansea Merchant Navy Association and Swansea City Council
Work type
War memorial
Owner
Swansea Council
Custodian
Swansea Council
Work status
extant
Unveiling date
26th June 2005
Access
at all times
Inscription description
plinth: When the Master of Masters holds Judgement / And the Devil's dark Angels have flown / When the Clerk of the Heavenly Council / Decrees that the Names shall be shown / They will stand out in Glittering letters / Inscribed with blood they have shed / Names of Ships - and the Seamen who Manned them - / Then the Ocean can give up its Dead / Anon / "THEIR NAME LIVETH / FOR EVERMORE" plaque, base: THIS MEMORIAL WAS UNVEILED BY / MARJORIE THOMPSON-JONES NEE FRENCH / ON THE 26TH JUNE 2005 . plaque: Also David Thompson Jones / Husband of Marge / Former Life President Of MNA / 27.12.34 - 12.01.2016 tablet: The Merchant Navy Association of / Swansea would like to express our deepest / gratitude to the people of Swansea who / dug deep into their pockets to provide this / Memorial in honour of the men and boys of / the Merchant Navy and Fishing Fleets who / paid the ultimate sacrifice in the 1939-1945 / Second World War and have no grave but / the sea. / "AND SOME THERE BE WHICH HAVE NO / MEMORIAL, WHO ARE PERISHED AS / THOUGH THEY HAD NEVER BEEN" information panel: Mr. C. G. Travers A. B. Merchant Navy / (Retired) Founded the Swansea Branch of / the Merchant Navy Association in 1997. / This led to the creation of / the beautiful memorial to / those Mariners and Fishermen / who gave their lives in war, and in peace. / For many of them the sea is their / only resting place.
