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The monument was erected in memory of the twenty-seven sailors who were victims of the Pluviôse on May 26, 1910, accidentally sunk in front of Calais beach by the liner Pas-de-Calais.
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This allegorical work by the sculptor Emile Oscar Guillaume was commissioned by the Calais Art Administration after a funeral to honor the 24 sailors and 3 officers who died in the terrible catastrophe of pluviosis. which took place on Thursday, May 26, 1910, at 14 o'clock
This bronze, inaugurated on June 22, 1913 in the presence of Vice Admiral Jauréguiberry, represents an angel plunging his arm into the pluviös, which still emerges over the waves to collect the soul of the sailors, the prisoners are the body shell of the submarine.
This bronze, inaugurated on June 22, 1913 in the presence of Vice Admiral Jauréguiberry, represents an angel plunging his arm into the pluviös, which still emerges over the waves to collect the soul of the sailors, the prisoners are the body shell of the submarine.
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