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Plaque for bed endowed in the memory of Captain Scott and four crew members who died in the British Antarctic (1910) Expedition. From the Hamadryad Hospital, Cardiff. c. 20th century. Brass plaque with arched head, incorporating three-quarter front port engraving of the Terra Nova between the initial moto and the name of the endowed bed. Although nearly thirty years old at the time of Captain Scott's expedition, the Terra Nova was chosen for it because of her suitability for work in the Antarctic ice. Her beams were fourteen ins thick, her bows were nine feet of solid wood, and her stem was sheathed with iron plating.