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Sethon

Portrush, Co. Antrim. At 7.50 on the morning of the 23rd of May, 1958, a message was received from the coast- guard that the steam trawler Sethon of Fleetwood was in difficulties at Church Bay, Rathlin. At 8.10 the life-boat Lady Scott (Civil Service No. 4) was launched in a rough sea, with a fresh easterly wind blowing and a flooding tide. The life-boat found the trawler foul of a submerged wreck and stood by her until she refloated. She then returned to her station, arriving at 2.10. Rewards to the crew, £14. 5s. ; rewards to the helpers on shore, £1. 16s..