A Direct Hit - Pembroke Dock, Pembrokeshire, Wales.
N 51° 41.730 W 004° 56.870
30U E 365380 N 5728967
A bronze relief panel titled: 'Direct Hit 1941' The panel depicts an event in the history of the Royal Dockyard. During the reign of King George VI. Located in Pembroke Dock, which is a coastal town in Pembrokeshire, South Wales.
Waymark Code: WMVNYA
Location: South Wales, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 05/11/2017
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A series of six bronze relief panels depicting events & scenes in the History of the Royal Dockyard. The panels forms part of the Town Trail project, sponsored by the Pembroke Dock Townscape Heritage Initiative.
The panels were carved in Bath Stone by a local Sculptor Perry Butler, & then cast in bronze. The panels looked like tinted stone, I had to step up to them & touch to confirm they were in fact bronze.
On a descriptive bi-lingual plaque below the Bronze panel, the Era is described as George VI, & gives the panel title as: 'Direct Hit 1941'
The panel refers to the Direct Hit on the Oil Tanks, & the fire that burnt for days. The Haven Estuary was the site of several Oil Refineries, & the largest Flying Boat station in the World.
The plane shown on the panel bears the markings of a Sunderland Flying Boat that was on display in front of the Dockyard Chapel for many years.
The Bronze relief panel is displayed on the former Dockyard wall,
along Front Street, with the Martello Tower in the background.
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