The Armada Memorial
The Armada Memorial
The Armada Memorial
The Armada Memorial
The Armada Memorial
The Armada Memorial
The Armada Memorial
The Armada Memorial
The Armada Memorial
The Armada Memorial
The Armada Memorial

Image credit: Colin White / Art UK

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The work has an octagonal stepped base to a square panelled plinth with entablature, ramped into a tall panelled chest with entablature and further ramped into an entablature of the base for the bronze of Britannia with a lion. The front has a crowned shield with drapes, and a panel depicting the Armada. Above there is a wreathed medallion with the head of the Spanish admiral, Sedonia. There is a low perimeter fence with granite plinth and chains between turned cast-iron stanchions.
Title

The Armada Memorial

Date

1888

Medium

dressed granite & bronze

Accession number

PL1_CW_S005

Acquisition method

commissioned by the Armada Tercentenary Committee and purchased by public subscription

Work type

Monument

Owner

Plymouth City Council

Custodian

Plymouth City Council

Work status

extant

Listing status

Grade II* (England and Wales)

Unveiling date

21st October 1890

Listing date

01/05/75

Access

at all times

Inscription description

above the panel depicting the Armada, in incised gold painted letters: HE BLEW WITH HIS WINDS / AND THEY WERE SCATTERED

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Located at

Hoe Promenade, Plymouth

PL1 2PU