Scott Memorial, Roath Park, Cardiff, Wales
N 51° 30.395 W 003° 10.497
30U E 487857 N 5706175
Plaque and Monument to Captain Scott, L.E.G.Oates, H.R.Bowers, E.A.Wilson and Welshman, Edgar Evans, who set sail in the S.S.Terra Nova, from Cardiff, in Wales, on his fateful expedition to Antarctica in 1910.
Waymark Code: WME5DA
Location: South Wales, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 04/06/2012
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"In June 1910, Captain Robert Falcon Scott set sail from Cardiff on his tragic expedition to the Antarctic. After berthing in Cardiff docks for six days as an acknowledgement of the considerable financial support raised in Wales.
Three years after his death in 1912, the people of Cardiff raised a monument to Scott, and his companions, in Roath Park lake, in the form of a Memorial Plaque, and a lighthouse with a small replica of his ship, S.S. Terra Nova in which he made his last fateful journey."
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The plaque mounted on the side of the tower states:- that it is "dedicated to the memory of Captain Scott and his companions who sailed from Cardiff in 1910 and died in the Antarctic in 1912 noting that they were BRITONS ALL, AND VERY GALLANT GENTLEMEN."
Group that erected the marker: Cardiff City council
URL of a web site with more information about the history mentioned on the sign: [Web Link]
Address of where the marker is located. Approximate if necessary:
Roath Park Lake
Roath
Cardiff, Glamorgan Wales
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