Hoylake, Cheshire, and Rhyl, Flintshire - At 9.25 p.m. on 8th April, 1966, the shipping agent to the m.v. Bierum informed the Rhyl honorary secretary that the vessel had gone aground a quarter of a mile east of Point of Air lighthouse.

The life-boat Lucy Lavers, on temporary duty at the Rhyl station, launched at 11.10, and the life-boat Clara and Emily Barwell, on temporary duty at Hoylake, launched at 11.55. Both life-boats went alongside the vessel and their coxswains went aboard. After consultation with the captain, it was agreed to attempt to refloat the vessel at high water. The attempt, however, was unsuccessful, and on the ebb tide it was decided that both lifeboats would return to their stations. The Hoylake life-boat arrived at her station at 5.25 a.m. and the Rhyl life-boat at 5-30..