Kilmore, Co. Wexford. At 11.30 on the morning of the 28th of November, 1960, a message was received that the fishing boat Girl May had fouled her propeller with a net and needed help.

There was a strong south-westerly wind, and the sea was choppy. It was high water. At 12.25 the life-boat Ann Isabella Pyemont was launched. She took the Girl May in tow and returned to her station at 4.15..