The Pembroke Dock Heritage Trust
Charity number: 1120476
Website: www.sunderlandtrust.com
Description:
The Pembroke Dock Sunderland Trust was set up as a registered charity (charity number: 1120476, registered in England and Wales) in August 2006 with key support from Chevron Refinery, Pembroke, and the Milford Haven Port Authority. The Trust's initial aim was the recovery of the world's only surviving Mark I Sunderland which remains a cornerstone and many parts of this wartime survivor have already been recovered and displayed.
In 2008 the Trust secured funding through the Welsh Assembly Government's Rural Development Plan for a Flying Boat Interpretation Centre and Workshop within the old Royal Dockyard. The Centre, unique to the UK, opened in June 2009 and has been hugely popular and successful, attracting many thousands of visitors.
Sunderland T9044 has become the catalyst for wider heritage initiatives centred on Pembroke Dock's remarkable military heritage. This is a town with long and important links with all three Armed Services. No other town in the UK can claim to such special connections with the Royal Navy, the Army and the RAF.
The Trust is leading initiatives to create a centre which will reflect this remarkable Military Heritage and the social development of a community which is not yet 200 years old. Plans centre on the beautifully restored Garrison Chapel, dating from 1830, and one of the most significant military buildings in Wales.