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Life on the ocean wave ; Shipping has played a vital role in the defence and economy of North Wales. Our waters have borne many a fine vessel: in wartime defending our shores; in peacetime for training exercises; on royal visits and rescues and for fishing, industry and leisure. Here, we pay tribute to a slice of maritime life
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Life on the ocean wave ; Shipping has played a vital role in the defence and economy of North Wales. Our waters have borne many a fine vessel: in wartime defending our shores; in peacetime for training exercises; on royal visits and rescues and for fishing, industry and leisure. Here, we pay tribute to a slice of maritime life
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Life on the ocean wave ; Shipping has played a vital role in the defence and economy of North Wales. Our waters have borne many a fine vessel: in wartime defending our shores; in peacetime for training exercises; on royal visits and rescues and for fishing, industry and leisure. Here, we pay tribute to a slice of maritime life
2005
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BRAVE crews in peril on the sea have also had stories to tell while countless unfortunate souls have been lost in shipwrecks, conflicts and accidents. On January 24, 1955, the 7,279-tonne British steamship Bobara was grounded on a reef off Rhoscolyn Head, west Anglesey as seen in the two pictures above. You can almost sense the tension as Captain Andrew Flint, 36, makes the hair- raising journey ashore by breeches buoy (bottom photograph). Press reports told how the ship had been loaded with iron and grain in Baltimore bound for Manchester. It left Baltimore for St John's and Manchester along the River Mersey and Manchester Ship Canal. But the vessel, formerly an American wartime \"Sam\" boat, encountered low water in poor visibility and struck Cheese Rocks near Rhoscolyn. Jumping into the icy water, he swam in darkness through fog and heavy seas to the shore where he was met by members of the Rhoscolyn Lifesaving Association. They wrapped him in a tarpaulin and took him by tractor to Bryn Davies's Pentre Gwyddel Farm nearby. From there he rang his owners in London with the bad news. Mr Flint, of Aldercombe Road, Westbury-on-Trym, Bristol, cleaned himself up and was given a suit. He returned across the muddy field to find the lifesaving crew had rigged up a breeches buoy using rope. Thirty- three crewmen were taken off by breeches buoy and she was refloated three days later. n Pictures courtesy of Ivor Wynne Jones's book Shipwrecks of North Wales Shipping boasts colourful characters galore. Will Haines, for example, was a well-respected local chargehand in Holyhead. Here, he is pictured standing with Frank Ward in Holyhead marine yard.
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