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With the 'red duster' (red ensign) flying, this is Newport's memorial to all that the British Merchant Navy has done for the Town & for the Nation

By Seb' Boyesen & inaugurated on 28 April 1991, it comprises of a bronze scultpture of a navigator, sitting on a sphere & with a sextant is his right hand.  The statue is placed on a column of 7 m high.  At the base of the column are sculptured stone elements related to shipping in wartime, such as an anchor, torpedo & a gun.

... d'you want to take part in a challenge?  Derelict Sunday allows you to post entries on any day up to midnight on Sunday ~ all you have to do is tag your blips (of anything that appears vaguely 'derelict' ) with that week's tag ~ this coming week's is #DS 15 ... when SarumStroller originally set up this challenge, it was to draw attention to things that had been neglected & deserved attention ...