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Sari Marts

TOW FOR BOAT WITH ANGLERS ABOARD Rosslare Harbour, Co. Wexford. At' 3.20 on the afternoon of the 23rd July, 1962, the master of the mail steamer St.

Andrew informed the coxswain that the fishing boat Sari Marts had broken down with engine trouble near the South Shear buoy. The fishing boat had a party of anglers on board. The lifeboat Douglas Hyde left her moorings at 3.40 in a gentle south-easterly breeze and a smooth sea. It was low water. The life-boat reached the position given and took the Sari Maris, which had nine people on board, in tow. The life-boat arrived back at her station at five o'clock..