Cloughey, Co. Down. At 5.5 on the afternoon of the 8th of October, 1959, the police at Portaferry informed the honorary secretary that flares had been seen off Strangford bar. At 5.30 the life-boat Constance Calverley was launched in a heavy swell. There was a light south-easterly wind and it was two and a half hours after high water. The life-boat found the fishing boat Confide of Portavogie with her engines broken down. She had a crew of three. The life-boat took her in tow to Portavogie harbour and reached her station at 9.58.

Rewards to the crew £12 5s. ; rewards to the helpers on shore, £12 13s..