Howth, Co. Dublin. At 6.6 on the evening of the 5th of September, 1959, the harbour master told the honorary secretary that a large motor yacht was burning flares about three miles from the harbour. At 6.15 the life-boat R.P.L. left her moorings in a smooth sea and calm weather. It was an hour and a half before low water. The life- boat found the motor yacht Noella of Howth with twelve people on board.

Her engine had broken down, and the life-boat took her in tow, reaching her station at 6.55. The owner of the yacht made a donation to the Institution's funds. Rewards to the crew, £5 ; rewards to the helpers on shore, £1 16s..