Bill Hawkins

Bill Hawkins was born in Portsmouth and went to sea at the age of fourteen and left eight years later as Second Officer. After two years National Service in the Royal Air Force, he served in the Royal Marines Special Boat Squadron (S.B.S.) and the civil police, followed by a career in Health and Safety management during which time he spent twelve years as Senior Helmsman of an RNLI Lifeboat. This is his second book.

Bill Hawkins was born in Portsmouth and went to sea at the age of fourteen and left eight years later as Second Officer. After two years National Service in the Royal Air Force, he served in the Royal Marines Special Boat Squadron (S.B.S.) and the civil police, followed by a career in Health and Safety management during which time he spent twelve years as Senior Helmsman of an RNLI Lifeboat. This is his second book. See less