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Beaumaris Rescue - 13.12.1981

Beaumaris Rescue - 13.12.1981

Coxswain Gallichan - gallant man
With Greater London crew
Fought the elements on the Straits
As he set out to rescue

Snow was lashing across the sea
Force 10 - moving upward
Visibility down to nil
The crew was moving outward

High tides flooded Beaumaris Town
Broke across the walkway
They all struggled to reach the boat
Soaked and frozen on that day

Beating seas on the boathouse door
Greater London ready
Launched straight into the howling gale
Foremast lifted - unsteady

Snow was blocking the wnidscreen view
Crewmen’s eyes on both sides
Crewmen saying which way to go
Coxswain Gallichan’s good guides

Wygyr tossing around Perch Rock
Heaving lines were thrown out
Gusting 12 and no crew came off
Greater London turned about

Beating back into Ynys Môn
Puffin channel roaring
One line snapped and the lifeboat turned
Back to Wygyr driving

Pulling in on the single line
Distances decreasing
Two boats touched and two crew jumped off
Distances were increasing

Greated London still towing home
One remaining line fell
Wygyr broke onto Trwyn Du
Wrecked by the raging tide swell

Battling back up to Menai Bridge
Whiteout on the storm sea
Hotel lighting to guide them in
With two men they had set free

December 13th that awful day
13 struggled for two
9 men out on the roaring sea
4 as the shore-based crew

That was in 1981
Beaumaris lifeboat still
Saves the lives in the Menai Strait
With crewmen of great good will

Coxswain Gallichan - gallant man
With Greater London crew
Fought the elements in the Straits
As he set out to rescue

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