Howth, Co. Dublin - At 9.15 p.m.

on 24th May, 1966, a fire on a fishing trawler, which looked like a signal fire to attract attention, was noticed. The lifeboat A.M.T. was launched at 9.30 in a southerly wind and a smooth sea. It was low water. When she was about a mile from the casualty a helicopter, which had flown over the trawler, lowered a man on to the life-boat who reported that the men had lit a fire to warm their hands.

The coxswain, however, thought it advisable to close with the trawler Wanda^ and discovered that its gear box had broken down. She was anchored at the time and in no danger, but asked to be towed to Dun Laoghaire harbour. The life-boat complied with this request and returned to her station, arriving at midnight..