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Stanley Sailors' Hospital () was a health facility in
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History

The hospital was financed by a gift from
William Owen Stanley Hon. William Owen Stanley (13 November 1802 – 24 February 1884) was a British Liberal Party politician. Life Stanley was the son of John Stanley, 1st Baron Stanley of Alderley, and Lady Maria Josepha, daughter of John Holroyd, 1st Earl of S ...
of Plas Penrhos who had wanted to establish a facility to provide healthcare to sailors. It was officially opened in 1871. During the
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it served as a military hospital with Jane Henrietta Adeane, a niece of the founder, as its commandant. When the Elder Dempster liner SS ''Apapa'' was torpedoed off Anglesey in November 1917, survivors were taken to the hospital to be treated. The facility then served as a convalescent home for disabled servicemen before joining the
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as a community hospital in 1948. After services transferred to Valley Hospital, Stanley Sailors' Hospital closed in 1987. The buildings were subsequently demolished and the site was redeveloped as a ferry terminal.


References

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