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Ros Bui

Valentia, Co. Kerry. At 10.40 on the morning of the 15th May, 1961, Valentia radio informed the honorary secretary that the fishing boat Ros Bui of Dublin had broken down three miles north-west of Lemon Rock. At 11.3, when the life-boat Peter and Sarah Blake, on temporary duty at the station, put out, there was a light northerly wind with a slight sea. It was high water. The life-boat reached the boat at 12.40, put a line aboard and towed her to Portmagee, arriving at 2.30 that afternoon. The life-boat then returned to her station, arriving at 3.45..