It has been 60 years since the Prince of Wales ferry accident that killed 15 people.

“It happened in the morning, around 11am, and I was waiting for hours and hours for them to come back – and they didn’t come back,” Peter said.

“I went down to the harbor and heard two people talking about a sunken boat. I asked them what happened, they told me what it was, and I said, ‘My family is over there’ – and they said, ‘Go to the police station.’

“I sat in there for what seemed like forever and a day, and they took the list.”

The owners of the guest house came to take him back, his aunt and uncle drove with him.

“The next morning we went to the hospital in Dolgela, where they found three – my mother is still missing,” he said.

“My father could swim, but my uncle, who identified himself, said he had a bad hit on his head.”

It may be another three days before his mother’s body is found.