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\u00a0<\/td>\n<\/a>Chris Carolan<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n\u00a0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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\u00a0<\/td>\nChairman<\/strong> Chris Carolan is one of the founding members of Sunderland Maritime Heritage (SMH). He was vice-chairman for around 14 years, before becoming chairman.\n

Chris\u00a0has been interested in boats and marine activities for the last 50 years. He\u00a0has owned\u00a0a number of boats\u00a0and has a lot of experience in repairing and\u00a0renovating small boats.<\/p>\n

Chris is currently the project manager in the restoration of the Willdora.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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\u00a0<\/td>\nJim Sullivan<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n\u00a0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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\u00a0<\/td>\n\u00a0Vice Chairman, Fundraising Manager & Marine Engineering Manager <\/strong>\u2013 Jim joined\u00a0SMH in October 2015, initially to work on Willdora’s<\/em> engine.
He was\u00a0subsequently invited to join the Board of Trustees and in February 2018\u00a0became Vice-Chairman.
\u200bJim trained as a Marine Engineer in the Merchant\u00a0Navy, serving 4 years deep sea on various cargo vessels. He then worked at the Wear dockyard as\u00a0a\u00a0Marine Fitter.
Jim then pursued a career in the oil and gas industry, progressing to Offshore Installation Manager, before\u00a0moving on shore to manage a gas terminal on Teesside. Jim took early retirement in December 2015 and spent his last three years working in Shetland, managing the Sullom Voe oil and gas terminal.<\/td>\n		\u00a0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n

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\u00a0<\/td>\nIan <\/a>Murray<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n\u00a0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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\u00a0<\/td>\nTreasurer<\/strong> – Ian started volunteering for SMH in 2015. One of his first jobs as an Administration Assistant\u00a0was to sort out the heritage centre’s\u00a0collection of maritime-themed books.
He became treasurer in 2016.\u00a0<\/td>\n		\u00a0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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 <\/td>\n<\/a>Bob Crompton<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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 <\/td>\nTrustee & Electrical Engineering Manager<\/strong>  
Bob joined SMH when he moved to Sunderland in 2016.
Bob has been interested in boats since he was a lad. He learnt to sail in his father\u2019s dinghy when he was just 8-years-old and went on to sail and maintain father’s various sailing cruisers.
He acquired mechanical skills and trained as an Electronics and Electrical Engineer, which equipped him for a 32-year career in aerospace. \u200b
Bob retired in 2002 and is currently part-time lecturer and module tutor for the University of Warwick.
He has also owned a canal narrowboat for 25 years and sailed as Assistant Engineer on the tall ships Stavros S Niarchos and Prince William.  He has also undertaken all of the wiring work on Willdora.<\/td>\n		 <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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\u00a0<\/td>\n<\/a>Capt. Peter Johnson<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n\u00a0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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\u00a0<\/td>\nTrustee & Health & Safety Manager
<\/strong>\u00a0Peter has been a volunteer with SMH since 2016.
Peter joined the Merchant Navy in 1971 at the age of 16 and sailed worldwide on a variety of ships. He progressed through the ranks as Third Mate, Second Mate and Chief Officer, before becoming a Master Mariner\u00a0in 1985.
He served as a Master Mariner for 16 years.\u00a0He then came ashore and worked for two different shipping companies over 12 years, as\u00a0Marine Superintendent.
Peter is now a skipper on small passenger vessels on the River Tyne and Water Patrol Officer on the River Wear.<\/td>\n		\u00a0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
\u00a0<\/td>\nMartin Wilson<\/td>\n\u00a0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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\u00a0<\/td>\nMartin is a local lad from Red House. As a retired joiner and lecturer he volunteers at Sunderland Maritime Heritage (SMH as the workshop manager.\u00a0<\/strong><\/td>\n\u00a0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n


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