Mystical Rose
Rosslare Harbour, Co. Wexford. At 2.15 on the afternoon of the 20th of March, 1958, the fishing boat Mystical Rose of Wexford, which was on charter to the Wexford harbour commissioners for duties as a pilot boat, had not returned to harbour and was reported to be overdue. The honorary secretary told the coxswain, who saw the boat through his binoculars. She was stopped in broken water on Wexford bar. The life-boat Douglas Hyde put out at 2.45 in a moderate sea, with a fresh east- south-easterly wind blowing and a flood tide. The life-boat came up with the Mystical Rose, which had a crew of four, and found that her engine had broken down. She took her in tow to the harbour, where another fishing boat took over the tow, and reached her moorings at 7.20. Rewards to the crew, £10 10s. ; reward to the helper on shore, 16s..