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A Dinghy (4)

Bangor, Co. Down; At 8.51 p.m. on 15th June, 1965, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a dinghy with two people on board was in difficulties off Craigavad. At 8.57 the IRB launched in a strong, gusting to gale force southsouth- westerly wind and corresponding sea. The tide was flooding. The IRB took the two people on board and with the dinghy in tow she proceeded to Cultra, where a motor boat from the Royal North of Ireland Yacht dub came out to meet her and took over the tow of the dinghy.

The two people were landed at the Yacht Club's jetty and the IRB returned to her station, which was reached at 10.22 p.m..