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Drakkar

INJURED ON TRAWLER Dunmore East, Co. Waterford. At 6.55 p.m. on igth January, 1965, Waterford Harbour Commissioners were informed by Land's End radio station that there was a badly injured man with a cut artery on board the French trawler Drakkar which was fishing south of Hook Tower, Co. Wexford. The trawler was proceeding to Waterford Harbour and was asking for immediate medical assistance. As no other suitable boat was available it was decided to send the lifeboat Annie Blanche Smith and she proceeded at 7.15 with the honorary medical adviser on board in a south westerly wind of storm force, and a very rough sea. It was high water. The life-boat came up with the trawler two miles east-south-east of Dunmore East and put the doctor aboard. The trawler then followed the life-boat to the shelter of the harbour where the doctor and injured man were transferred. The life-boat returned to her, station at 9.20 and the man was taken to hospital..