Wicklow. At 10.30 on the morning of the 22nd of December, 1959, the local fishing boat Miriam had not returned although she had left harbour at four o'clock. As the weather was deteriorating the life-boat /. W. Archer was launched at eleven o'clock in a very rough sea with a strong south- easterly wind blowing and a flood tide.

She found the fishing boat, with her engine broken down, four miles north of the harbour. The fishing boat had a crew of three. The life-boat towed her to harbour, reaching her station at 12.30. Rewards to the crew, £8 15s. ; rewards to the helpers on shore, £3 2s.