DUTCH MOTOR VESSEL ESCORTED IN GALE Moelfre, Anglesey. At 8.20 on the evening of the 15th January, 1962, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that the motor vessel Frida Blokzijl of Vlaardingen, Netherlands, was drifting with her steering damaged ten miles north-east of Point Lynas.

The life-boat Watkin Williams was launched at 8.35 in a strong southerly gale and a very rough sea. It was two hours before low water. The life-boat reached the position given at 10.10 and in company with other vessels began to search for the Frida Blokzijl.

Very poor visibility hampered the search, but the disabled vessel was found and the life-boat went alongside her at 11.25. Five minutes later her master reported that the steering gear had been repaired and the Dutch vessel made for Moelfre Bay escorted by the life-boat. The life-boat reached her station three o'clock in the morning..