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A Dinghy (1)

Dun Laoghaire, Co. Dublin - At 5.5 p.m. on i6th June, 1966, a message was received that a dinghy had capsized off Dalkey and her crew of three were in the sea. There was a fresh southerly wind and a choppy sea. It was high water.

The life-boat Dunleary II proceeded at 5.15 and soon came up with the dinghy whose crew of three had been rescued by a motor boat. The life-boat towed the dinghy to Dun Laoghaire, arriving back at her station at 6 o'clock..