Ballycotton, Co. Cork - At 4.40 p.m.

on loth June, 1967, information was received that a boat was flying distress signals five miles from Ballycotton. The life-boat Mary Stanford, on temporary duty at the station, slipped her moorings at 4.45 in a slight north westerly breeze and a smooth sea. The tide was flooding.

The motor boat Naom Cait of Schull, with three people on board, had run outof fuel and was anchored. The life-boat took her in tow to Ballycotton, arriving at 7.30. The life-boat returned to her moorings at 7.45..