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Cymba

Kilmore, Co. Wexford.—At 10.15 on the night of the 31st of August, 1955, the life-boat motor mechanic noticed flares between Goose Rock and Lesser Saltee Island. At 10.35 the life-boat Ann Isabella Pyemont was launched.

The sea was smooth, there was a light westerly breeze, and the tide was low.

The life-boat made a search and came up with the local fishing boat Cymba, which had a crew of two. She had broken down and had drifted towards the cliffs on the south-western point of Lesser Saltee. The life-boat towed her to Kilmore, arriving at 11.35.— Rewards to the crew, £7; rewards to the helpers on shore, £8 8s..