Ballycotton, Co. Cork. At 6.30 p.m.

on 3rd June, 1965, the motor fishing vessel Rapid was reported overdue. The coxswain contacted Ballycotton lighthouse in order to find out if they could see the Rapid. The lighthouse reported that a boat was four miles east-south-east of their position and the life-boat Ethel Mary was launched at 7 o'clock. There was a fresh west-south-westerly breeze and a choppy sea. It was high water. The lifeboat found the Rapid had broken down, but had her engine running again. The exhaust was broken and water was going inboard, flooding the boat. The life-boat escorted the Rapid to harbour and returned to her station at 8.30 p.m..