Kilmore, Co. Wexford. At 1.58 on the afternoon of the 23rd August, 1961, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that the trawler Girl Alice had lost her rudder and was drifting near the Barrels lightvessel. At 2.13, when the life-boat Ann Isabella Pyemont was launched, the tide was flooding. It was foggy, with visibility down to about half a mile. There was a fresh west- south-westerly breeze. The life-boat made for the position given and after a difficult search spotted the casualty dead ahead. The Girl Alice was instruc- ted by radio-telephone to weigh her anchor. The life-boat then went along- side and put two oars aboard the trawler to help with the steering. The life-boat took the Girl Alice in tow and brought her to Kilmore, which was reached at 4.45..