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Honeybird

Holyhead, Anglesey. At 1.50 on the afternoon of the 28th of August, 1959, the coastguard told the honorary secretary that a man was clinging to an overturned sailing dinghy one mile off shore between South Stack and Rhosco- lyn Point. At 1.57 the life-boat St. Cybi (Civil Service No. 9) was launched in a slight sea with a strong north-westerly wind blowing and an ebb tide. The life-boat found the sailing dinghy Honeybird of Rhoscolyn and an out- board motor boat, which had put out to help, standing by. The crew of the Honeybird, which had consisted of a man and a woman, could not be seen, and it was believed that they had attempted to swim ashore. As the outboard motor boat had broken down, the life-boat took her in tow to Rhosco- lyn. The life-boat then returned to the position of the capsized sailing dinghy and carried out a further search for the crew. They were not found, and after taking the Honeybird in tow, the life- boat returned to her station, arriving at 7.10. Rewards to the crew. £12 13s. ; rewards to the helpers on shore, £5 2s..