FISHING BOAT OVERDUE Portrush, Co. Antrim. At 6.55 a.m.

on I4th July, 1964, the coastguard told the honorary secretary that a Portstewart fishing boat was two hours overdue.

There was a choppy sea with gentle to fresh south-easterly winds. The tide was at two hours flood. At 7.45 the life-boat Lady Scott (Civil Service No. 4) was launched to search for the vessel in the Magilligan area. At 8.23 the fishing boat C.E. 100 was contacted and escorted back to Portstewart. She had run for shelter during the night. The life-boat returned to her station at 9.7..