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Shipwrecked Mariners' Society

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SHIPWRECKED FISHERMEN & MARINERS' ROYAL BENEVOLENT SOCIETY True to our founders’ intent we are still doing what we were set up to do. The “Shipwrecked Mariners' Society" was founded in 1839 at the suggestion of Mr John Rye, a retired medical man of Bath, and Mr Charles Gee Jones, former Bristol Pilot and landlord of the Pulteney Arms in Bath, following the tragic loss of nine fishing vessels and twenty-one men from Clovelly, on 28th October 1838. Our first President was Admiral Sir George Cockburn – “the man who burnt the White House”. We were incorporated by Act of Parliament in 1850, Queen Victoria was our first Patron and that Royal connection has continued ever since: HRH The Princess Royal is our present Patron. Our purpose remains the same, to provide financial help to merchant seafarers, fishermen and their dependants who are in need. We pay an immediate grant to the widow of a serving seafarer who dies, whether death occurs at sea or ashore and sadly shipwrecks continue to occur. Regular grants are paid to retired or permanently disabled seafarers and widows. Special grants are made to meet crisis and specific needs. From 1851 the Society operated lifeboats at Lytham, Rhyl, Portmadoc, Tenby, Llanelly, Teignmouth, Hornsea and Newhaven but it was subsequently agreed that it would be wiser if one organisation concentrated on rescuing lives at sea while the other helped the survivors or their bereaved families, so in 1854 the Society transferred its lifeboats to the RNLI. There is a permanent staff of seven at Central Office in Chichester working with a volunteer network of over 200 Honorary Agents throughout the British Isles. We have over 1,600 regular beneficiaries and additionally give one-off grants in over 400 cases each year with help ranging from white goods, clothing and mobility aids to paying off priority debts and rent arrears. We make a difference.

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