Rosslare Harbour, Co. Wexford. At 1.50 early on the morning of the 25th of August, 1961, the coxswain was informed that the motor vessel Kemrix of Hull was anchored a mile and a half north-north-east of Rosslare Harbour with engine trouble. The Kemrix's crew had asked for the life-boat to stand by while they tried to come alongside at Rosslare Harbour. At 2.30, when the life-boat Douglas Hyde was launched, the tide was half flood and there was a choppy sea with a strong south-westerly breeze blowing. The life-boat escorted the Kemrix into Rosslare Harbour, where she was made fast at four o'clock..