Dun Laoghaire, Co. Dublin. At 8.50 p.m. on i6th February, 1966, the coastguard reported to the coxswain that the trawler Ard Adimh was adrift in Dun Laoghaire harbour and in danger of breaking up on the rocks by the west pier. As the remainder of the crew were at the life-boat station's annual meeting at the Town Hall, the coxswain, who had been at home because his wife was ill, immediately took the message there and the honorary secretary authorized the life-boat Dunleary II to launch at 9.15.

The weather was fair with a light easterly breeze and a choppy sea. It was one hour to high water. A line was passed to the trawler which had grounded by the pier, and she was successfully towed clear.

The life-boat returned to her moorings at 10.15 P-m..