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Emerald Isle

Portrush, Co. Antrim. The coastguard reported at 1.57 a.m. on 23rd June, 1965, that a fishing boat was flashing her navigational lights in Portstewart bay. The life-boat Lady Scott (Civil Service No. 4) was launched at 2.15 with the bowman in command. There was a moderate to fresh southrwesterly breeze and a choppy sea. The tide was ebbing. The life-boat found the local fishing boat Emerald Isle with her engine broken down and took her in tow to Portrush. The life-boat reached her station at 4.15 a.m..