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Moelfre
Isle of Anglesey - Ynys Môn
Wales

Ffordd Cocsyn Richard Evans
(Moelfre Seawatch Centre)

Royal Charter and Joe Rodgers Memorial

Ġużeppi Ruggier - Joseph Rodgers or Rogers
Birgu, Malta c. 1830 - Liverpool 1897
Maltese sailor

Sam Holland
2009

Moelfre / Royal Charter and Joe Rodgers Memorial

Description

Two reliefs opposite each other:

the destruction of the Royal Charter in massive, wild seas.

On the back the inscription:

ROYAL CHARTER
Wrecked on this coast
26^th October 1859.
Drylliwyd ar yr arfordir hwn.
This tragedy claimed hundreds of lives.
Collwyd cannoedd o fywydau
yn y drychineb hon
the remarkable courage of the Maltese sailor, Giuseppi Ruggier, who swam ashore and climbed the cliff with a rope - so he saved a lot of people.

On the back the inscription (with a Maltese cross):

Yr arwr
JOE RODGERS
A here of the Royal Charter

Annotation

The paired set of sculptures is unveiled on Saturday 24th October 2009, during the commemoration of the 150th anniversary of the Royal Charter tragedy by Michael Vlasto the Operations Director of the RNLI.
The were described as being of bronze, but we doubt that. It 'sounds' as fibre-glass resin.

Sculptor

Sam Holland, English sculptress in Kent (Website).

Sources & Information

Raymond Agius, 'Joe Rogers' (Guzeppi Ruggier).

Locatie (N 53°21'13" - W 4°14'0") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: gbwa114; Photograph: 29 July 2012
Of each statue we made photos from various angles and also detail photos of the various texts.
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