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The Arklow Lightvessel

Arldow, Co. Wicklow. At 10.25 a-mon I3th September, 1964, an official of the Irish Lights Office telephoned the honorary secretary to request that the master of the Arklow lightvessel be brought ashore to see his mother, who was dangerously ill. The sea was moderate with a moderate south-easterly breeze. It was just past low water when the life-boat Inbhear Mor was launched at 10.50. The master was landed and the life-boat returned to her station at 1.45 p.m..