Titanic Memorial
Titanic Memorial. Belfast City Hall.
"A memorial statue by Sir Thomas Brock erected c.1920, formed in marble set on a chamfered and tapering square grey granite base with a plinth of two steps, of a female figure of Fame (holding a wreath) looking down on two sea-nymphs holding a drowned man. The top of the base is simply moulded and grotesque bronze heads supply fountains at front and back of the base. Inscription (now in black but formerly gold leaf) on the main part of the base records the names of 'those gallant Belfast men...who lost their lives on the 15th of April 1912 by the foundering of the Belfast-built RMS Titanic through collision with an iceberg, on her maiden voyage from Southampton to New York".
B+. HB Ref No: HB26/50/001 E
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