This is some story. Very intereesting.

Williams is one of the commonest surnames in North Wales and Hugh or Huw (Welsh spelling) is also very common. It's likely there was someone called Huw Williams on every ship crewed by a Welsh crew! Also, before deciding just how bizarre that coincidence was, I'd need to know how often ships actually sank on that stretch of coastline during the stormy winter months.

The Dr. Who scenario did cross my mind... On the other hand I thought of the holodeck aboard the USS Enterprise-D an new old version of the Kobayashi Maru test which no Starfleet cadet ever successfully passed except Captain James T. Kirk.

Ceri, that part is certainly correct. In fact, it might be harder believe if the bloke's name name weren't Hugh Williams.

hmmmmmm....well there are a lot of Williams in north Wales.

I have no idea if this is true..or not. But, according to mamy blogs, television programs and even Facebook "click-and-share" graphics (we all know how reliable those are) one of the strangest coincidences of all time involves the Menai Strait just off the coast of Wales:

I am pretty easy to trick. I once heard a college professor asked by a student, "Professor, did you know the word "gullible" is no where to be found in the new Oxford English Dictionary?" "Really?" the astonished professor exclaimed! "No," the student answered. We laughed.

updated by @harold-powell: 12/16/15 09:25:20PM