Hovvth, Co. Dublin. At 4.16 on the afternoon of the 1st of April, 1960, the Garda informed the honorary secretary that a boat was in distress off Malahide bar. At 4.36 the life-boat Elizabeth Elson, on temporary duty at the station, put out two and a half hours after high water in a strong easterly wind and a very rough sea. The life-boat found an 18-feet converted ship's boat with her engines broken down. The man on board, who had attracted attention by waving a coat attached to an oar, was exhausted. He was transferred to the life-boat and given hot soup.

The life-boat took his boat in tow to Howth, arriving at 6.10. Rewards to the crew, £5 ; rewards to the helpers on shore, £1 16s..