Valentia, Co. Kerry. At 7.25 on the evening of the 9th of March, 1960, Valentia radio station informed the honorary secretary that the fishing vessel Ross Corr had broken down in the mouth of Ballinskelligs Bay. At 7.50 the life-boat Peter and Sarah Blake, on temporary duty at the station, put out in a strong south-easterly wind.

There was a moderate sea and the tide was flooding. The life-boat found the fishing vessel, with a crew of five, five miles west of Bolus Head. She took her in tow to Portmagee quay and reached her station at one o'clock in the morning. Rewards to the crew, £15 15s. ; reward to the helper on shore, 17s..