Donaghadee, Co. Down - At 11.16 p.m. on 27th July, 1967, a report was received that shouts had been heard from Perch rock. The life-boat Sir Samuel Kelly supped her moorings at 11.25 in a light north westerly breeze and a slightsea. The tide was flooding. The life-boat rescued two men and a woman found clinging to the rock. Their power boat had filled with water. The life-boat made a search for the boat but found nothing.

The life-boat landed the three people and returned to her moorings at 12.30 a.m. on 28th July. The rescued people made a donation to the Institution's funds..