Dunmore East, Co. Waterford. At 3.10 a.m. on 26th February, 1966, the police informed the honorary secretary that two men who had arrived in Dunmore by car had informed them that a boat was firing distress signals above Creadon Head. It appeared that due to gale force winds the motor vessel Hildegard Knuppd had gone to shelter above Creadon Head, but due to the weather her anchor chain had broken and she had been driven into shallow waters and holed, causing the engine room to flood. The honorary secretary informed Irish Marine Service that a tug was required. The life-boat Annie Blanche Smith went to the position given at 3.45 and took off the captain who wanted to contact the owners. While returning to Dunmore the captain had a heart attack and the honorary medical adviser, who was on board the life-boat, gave him medical treatment. The lifeboat returned to her station at 8.45 p.m..