Youghal, Co. Cork. At 6.15 on the evening of the 16th of November, 1960, the motor mechanic was told that a boat being used in the construction of the new bridge at Youghal was in difficulty and drifting seawards. The weather was cloudy, with occasional rain and mist ; there were light airs, and the sea was smooth. At 6.35, when the life-boat Herbert John was launched, the tide was half ebb. The life-boat found a powered barge aground on the rocks on the eastern side of the harbour. Appar- ently a motor boat had tried to take the barge in tow but had broken down. As there was not enough water for the life-boat to close the barge, the cox- swain returned for a small boat, and eighteen men from the barge were ferried in this to the life-boat. They were later landed at Youghal, and the life-boat returned to her station at 8.20..