Overview
Identifiers
Inventory Number
3318CD1087
Site Name
Anchor, Castle of Good Hope, Cape Town
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Post date
Wednesday, December 30, 2020 - 23:36
Last modified
Thursday, May 2, 2024 - 21:26
Monuments
Monuments & Memorials Recordings
Submitted by sahrisprojectmanager on Monday, March 29, 2021 - 00:40.
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Inventory Reference
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On
Site Recording Admin Comments
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Monument Type
Description
This plaque commemorates all those sailors who served here and gave their lives during world war 2
Contains Animal figures?
No
Contains Human figures?
No
Construction Materials
Steel
Pedestal Material
Stone
Person/Institution Commemorated
Event Commemorated
World war 2
Inscriptions
From 1992 until 1942 royal naval reserve ( south African base) situated in the farmer royal engineers yard between the oranjie and leerdam bastion of the Castle. Here Cape town volunteer sailors,sea cadets and sea scouts underwent training until wartime expansion resulted in the building H.M.S.A.S.unite in the table bay docks.from mid-October 1939until mid-January 1940.The Castle also served as a rear.admiral G.W Halifax ,C.M.G. and the staff of sea ward defence force.This statue commemorates to all those sailors who served here and gave their lives during world war 2.
Location
Location
Mapping
-33.925225, 18.427271
Western Cape
- City of Cape Town
Land Parcel Details
Type of land parcel
Street Address
Land Parcel Reference
Central
Cape Town
Cape Town
Directions to Site
Polokwane municipality (civic center)
Access details
Private access
Media
Media
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