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Aged Merchant Seamen's and Sunderland Distressed Mariners' Fund

Sunderland

Reg. Charity No. 230292
Address 27 Trafalgar Square
Hendon
Sunderland
SRl 2BW
Contact(s) Captain Peter Wynn
Phone 0191 520 1805
Objectives / History Trust Fund provides 28 one bedroom and three two bedroom flats for aged merchant seamen and fishermen and their widows or unmarried daughters. The occupants shall be deserving persons who are retired seamen or the widows of seamen or their unmarried daughters, being not less than 50 years of age, such seamen, widows or daughters being at the time appointed resident in the City of Sunderland or seamen having previously worked for at least ten years in ships from the Port of Sunderland.


The Trustees also manage the affairs of the Distressed Mariners’ Fund to assist widows bereaved by shipwreck or marine accident. Applies to local residents only.

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The Merchant Navy Welfare Board is a company limited by guarantee.
It is registered in England under No. 453053.
It is also a charity registered under No. 212799.
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