Rosslare Harbour, Co. Wexford. At 10.30 on the morning of the 28th of April, 1958, the coxswain was working at the boathouse when he heard an explosion, which appeared to come from the Dutch coaster Pres. Roosevelt anchored one mile north-west of the life-boat station. The coaster hoisted distress signals and sounded her siren.

At eleven o'clock the life-boat Douglas Hyde put out in a moderate sea. There was a fresh north-westerly wind and a flood tide. The life-boat reached the coaster and found that there had been an explosion in the engine room, which had completely disabled her. Her master asked for a tow into Rosslare harbour. This was done and the coaster was safely berthed at Rosslare pier. The life-boat reached her moorings at 12.45.

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