He joined the Royal Navy in the Second World War, reached the rank of lieutenant and was twice mentioned in despatches.
[2] The college was the forerunner of Bangor University, whose staff he joined as an education lecturer and as warden of Neuadd Reichel hall of residence for twenty years.
[1] In 1955 Eames was awarded the Prince Llywelyn ap Gruffydd Prize for his thesis "Sea Power and Welsh History during the Reign of Charles I".
He visited the Canadian Maritime Provinces and parts of the United States on a study trip in 1981.
Eames was one of the founders of the annual Cymru a'r Mor/Maritime Wales in 1976 and was one of the editors of the Journal of the Merioneth Historical and Record Society.