Arklow, Co. Wicklow. At 10.30 on the morning of the 3rd of April, 1958, the motor mechanic was told that the body of a man had been seen in the sea at Arklow Rock. The Civic Guards were informed and they replied that the body could not be reached from the shore. The heavy sea at the time and a strong wind made the approach by the life-boat very dangerous, and it was decided to wait until there was an improvement in the conditions. At 1.45 in the afternoon the life-boat Inbhear Mor was launched in a rough sea. A strong north-easterly wind was blowing and the tide was ebbing. The life-boat anchored at the position given, veered down to within a boat's length of the rocks and recovered the body.

The life-boat reached her station at 3.40. Rewards to the crew, £7 ; rewards to the helpers on shore, £3. 14s..