IRELAND Ballycotton, Co. Cork. At 6.20 a.m.

on 2yth October, 1964, the coxswain was told by a crew member of the Dutch fishing vessel Van Maria that another member of his crew had gone out in a rubber dinghy but had not returned as expected. It was about one hour before high water with a. moderate sea and corresponding southerly wind. At 6.30 the life-boat Ethel Mary put to sea and searched for the missing man.

Soon afterwards the man was seen standing by a rubber dinghy on the shore, half a mile east of the harbour. He had been blown ashore. The life-boat returned to her station and the coxswain, motor mechanic and local garda sergeant went to the shore in a car. The man and dinghy were driven to Ballycotton and taken by life-boat to the Dutch fishing vessel which was anchored 200 yards off the pier. The life-boat reached her station at 8.30..