Dun Laoghaire, Co. Dublin. At 5.45 p.m. on 6th October, 1965, a British Railways representative informed the honorary secretary that the mail boat Hibernia was fog bound in Scotsmens Bay. She had been there since 6.30 a.m.

and was running short of provisions for her passengers. There were light airs and a calm sea. Visibility was nil owing to thick fog. The tide was flooding. The life-boat Dunleary II proceeded at 6 p.m.

with fresh provisions, and after these had been put on board the Hibernia she returned to her station arriving at 7.45 p.m..