Spray
Valentia, Co. Kerry. At 1.10 on the afternoon of the 9th of December, 1958, a message was received that a small motor boat was being driven ashore west of Portmagee. At 1.30 the life- boat Rowland Watts put out in a rough sea. There was a north-westerly wind of near gale force and a flood tide. The life-boat found the motor boat Spray of Tralee with a crew of two. Her anchor and trawl had been put out to keep her off the rocks. A line was passed to her, and the life-boat took her in tow to Valentia, arriving at 3.50. Rewards to the crew, £8 13s. ; reward to the helper on shore, 13s..