Howth, Co. Dublin. At 10.30 on the morning of the 12th of March, 1958, the coxswain heard on his radio that the fishing trawler Ros Aluinn of Howth had lost her rudder and was in need of help.At 11.10 the life-boat R.P.L. put out in a rough sea. There was a fresh southerly wind and it was low water.

The life-boat found the Ros Aluinn fourteen miles north of Howth with a crew of seven. She took her in tow to Howth, arriving at 4.15. Rewards to the crew, £16 5s. ; rewards to the helpers on shore, £1 4s..