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The Diver's Boat Ulster Queen

Howth, Co. Dublin.—At 6.50 on the evening of the 10th of May, 1957, the Bailey lighthouse-keeper telephoned that a boat was drifting ashore under the cliffs near the lighthouse. At seven o'clock the life-boat John R.

Webb, on temporary duty at the station, put out with the bowman in command. There was a rough sea, a moderate southerly breeze was blow- ing, and it was high water. The life-boat came up with a diver's boat Ulster Queen, which had a crew of three. The Ulster Queen's engine had broken down, and the life-boat took her in tow to Howth harbour, arriving there at 8.20.—Rewards to the crew, £9; rewards to the helpers on shore, £1 4*..