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My entire family went on a boat trip that they never returned from
- Sixty years after the 1966 Prince of Wales pleasure boat sank on the Mawddach Estuary, killing 15 people including his mother and two siblings, survivor Peter Watts returned to unveil a memorial listing the victims' names.
- Watts, who was 14 and stayed in Barmouth the day of the tragedy, spoke of waiting for his family and the lasting impact — "you don't get over it, you learn to live with it."
- A Board of Trade inquiry found the boat was overloaded and understaffed, and the disaster led to changes in passenger and safety laws for pleasure boats.
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