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Twin Brothers Coxswain/Assistant Mechanic Anthony Hawkins of Dover (I) and Coxswain/Mechanic Richard Hawkins of Great Yarmouth and Gorleston Met Aboard Their Lifeboats When Great Ya

Twin brothers, Coxswain/Assistant Mechanic Anthony Hawkins of Dover (I.) and Coxswain/Mechanic Richard Hawkins of Great Yarmouth and Gorleston, met aboard their lifeboats when Great Yarmouth and Gorleston's new 44ft Waveney class lifeboat to be named Barham made Dover one of her ports of call on passage to her new station last May. Coxswain Richard Hawkins has been awarded the bronze medal for the service to MFV St Margarite on December 22, 1979; Coxswain Anthony Hawkins was awarded the bronze medal, while second coxswain/assistant mechanic of Dover lifeboat, for the service to the coaster Primrose on December 1, 1975..

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