Kilmore, Co. Wexford - At 12.30 a.m. on 4th February, 1967, a message was received that a man had fallen overboard from the Conningbeg lightvessel.

A further message advised that the man had been picked up and required a doctor immediately. The life-boat Cecil Paine was launched at i a.m. with a doctor, a priest, and a policeman on board. Therewas a light south westerly wind and a smooth sea. It was high water. She reached the lightvessel at 2.40 and put the three men aboard. Unfortunately the man was dead when they arrived, so the life-boat took off the three men and the body and returned to her station, arriving at 4.25..