It was on November 22, 1947 Lloyd monument revealed. The memorial was erected on behalf of the Royal Rotterdam Lloyd in memory of the shipping company's sailors who died in the Second World War, and in particular one of the directors, Willem Ruys. In August 1942, Ruys and four other men were murdered by the Germans; a reprisal for a bomb attack that was committed on the railway viaduct between the Beurs and Delftse Poort stations. It Lloyd monument was originally located at the company on the Lloydkade, until the warehouses were sold. The memorial moved to the Parkslokken, where it stood for about 20 years. In 1997 the monument moved to Calandstraat, right next to the old headquarters of Rotterdamsche Lloyd. Four memorial plaques contain the names of 277 victims, and the fifth plaque contains a phrase from Willem Ruys' farewell letter. The bronze female figure on the right is the 'Lloyd Widow', who mourns the loss of her loved one. The original design of the monument was by the architectural firm Vermeer & Van Herwaarden. The bronze was modeled by ir. Th. C. de Weger, who worked at this architectural firm. The City College St. Franciscus adopted the Lloyd monument in 2007. Before an annual school excursion, the bus stops at the memorial and a member of the board speaks and the students lay flowers.
