Helvick Head, Co. Waterford. — On the 9th October, 1939, a W. by S. wind was blowing, with a heavy sea. At 2 P.M. the motor life-boat Elsie was launched to the help of the motor vessel West Coaster, of. London, which was in distress in the bay. She found that the vessel's engine had broken down and that her anchors were not holding.

The life-boat attempted to take the West Coaster in tow, but in the heavy sea the ropes broke and the life-boat's stern bollard was damaged. She then went to Dungarvan where she got a local steamer to bring the West Coaster into harbour. She returned to her station at 7 P.M.—Property Salvage Case..