Dinghy adrift MOELFRE'S 16ft D class inflatable lifeboat launched at 1250 on Tuesday August 20, 1985, after Holyhead coastguard reported that two divers who were working on the 100-year-old wreck of the Royal Charter were beingblown out to sea in their inflatable dinghy after its engine had broken down.

The sea was rough at the time, visibility moderate and the wind was blowing near gale force 7 to gale force 8 from the south south west. It took six minutes for the lifeboat, manned by Helmsman Roy Thomas and Crew Members Christopher Jones and Alun Davies, to find the drifting dinghy. The divers were both in poor shape and quite scared when the lifeboat reached them as they were being blown very fast through a rough sea.

They were taken aboard the lifeboat and the dinghy was towed to the shore where the two survivors were landed at 1315. The lifeboat then headed back to Moelfre where she was rehoused, ready again for service at 1323.

Cdr Bruce Cairns, chief of operations, sent a letter of appreciation to Helmsman Roy Thomas and Crew Members Christopher Jones and Alun Davies following this service..