Captain Cat, Swansea Marina

Located in Abernethy Quay in Swansea Marina is this life-size bronze casting of Captain Cat, the blind sea captain who featured in Dylan Thomas' Under Milk Wood. Captain Cat is one of the play's most prominent characters and spends much of the play commenting on life on the village beyond his window and reminiscing on his lost lover and his long dead old shipmates.

Created by Robert J R Thomas, the brass rope with the bell attached to its end was shortened after the sculpture was vandalised shortly after being put on public display.

Commissioned by Swansea City Council, the sculpture was unveiled on St. David's Day (March 1st) 1990 by Councillor Tyssul Lewis. The piece is inscribed with the lines:

"The sleepers are rung out of sleep

with his loud get-out-of-bed bell"