In re- sponse to a telephone message from Liverpool, on the 3rd April, stating that a schooner was ashore on Taylor's Bank, the steam Life-boat Queen pro- ceeded to her. On arrival they found the schooner James O'Neil, of Kinsale, stranded in a very dangerous position in very shoal water. It was blowing a moderate W.N. W. gale and the sea was rough. The Coxswain of the Life-boat did not consider it safe to approach her.

He therefore waited until the flood tide had made and went alongside. The Coxswain reported to the Captain that the vessel had lost her rudder, he being unaware of it, and the Life-boat stood by her until she was towed off by a tug and taken into safety..