ON THE ROCKS Porthdinllaen, Caernarvonshire.

At 5.30 a.m. on 23rd October, 1963, the coastguard told the honorary secretary that the m.v. St. Trillo was aground six miles south-west of Porthdinllaen. There was a strong south-westerly breeze with a moderate sea. It was low water. The lifeboat Charles Henry Ashley was launched at 5.55 and found the vessel aground with her bows on the rocks. Her master asked the life-boat to stand by while he refloated the vessel on the flooding tide as she was holed forward. The St. Trillo refloated at 7.45 and the life-boat escorted her to Caernarvon Bar in case the vessel's pumps could not cope. At 9.15 the master of the St. Trillo thanked the life-boat crew and said he did not require any further help. The life-boat returned to her station arriving at eleven o'clock..