A Direct Hit - Pembroke Dock, Pembrokeshire, Wales. - Relief Art Sculptures on Waymarking.com

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.

More about Pembroke Dock History: (visit link) & (visit link)

Your impression of the sculpture?: Website for sculpture?: [Web Link] Where is this sculpture?: Front Street, Dockyard Wall, Pembroke Dock, Pembrokeshire, Wales Sculptors Name: Perry Butler Date Sculpture was opened for vewing?: Not listed

Visit Instructions:
1. Provide a tasteful picture of the sculpture, with another point of view from the original(no pictures of GPSr or yourself).

2. Provide your thoughts on the sculpture and your impression of it.

Recent Visits/Logs:

Date Logged Log User Rating   05/14/2017 veritas vita visited it