Valentia, Co. Kerry. At 2.20 on the afternoon of the 18th of June, 1958, a message was received from Valentia radio station that the trawler Marie of Waterford needed help half a mile west-north-west of the small Tearaght Rock. At 2.30 the life-boat Rowland Watts put out in a rough sea. There was a moderate south-westerly gale and a flood tide. The life-boat reached the position and found the trawler, which had a crew of five, five miles north-east of Tearaght Rock. The trawler's propeller shaft had broken.

A tow rope was connected and the life- boat took the trawler in tow. Aftertwenty minutes the rope parted and another one was passed to the trawler.

The life-boat and the Marie reached Portmagee at 8.5. After berthing the trawler the life-boat returned to her station, arriving at one o'clock early on the morning of the 19th of June.

Rewards to the crew, £19. Is. ; rewards to the helpers on shore, £1. Is..