Ballycotton, Co. Cork. At 6.15 on the evening of the 8th of October, 1960, the coxswain reported that the motor fishing boat Yankee Girl had not returned from fishing at Youghal Bay. A near gale was blowing from the north-west, and there was a choppy sea. The night was very dark and it was showery. The sea was very con- fused outside the harbour entrance.

As no further information could be obtained from the Civic Guards or from the neighbouring life-boat station at Youghal, the life-boat Ethel Mary was launched at 7.15 at high water.

The Yankee Girl was found returning slowly about a mile and a half north- east of the harbour. The worsening of the weather had occurred later where she had been fishing than in the harbour, and for this reason she had not returned earlier. The life-boat escorted her into harbour and then returned to her station, arriving at 8.15..