Valentia, Co. Kerry - At 12.25 p.m.

on 23rd June, 1969, information was received that the fishing vessel Eilis, in the vicinity of Innistearaght island, required assistance. At 12.35 the life-boat Peter and Sarah Blake, on temporary duty at the station, slipped her moorings in a fresh north westerly wind with a moderate sea.

The tide was flooding. The life-boat came up with the vessel, which had lost her rudder, at 3.20. Her crew of five were taken on board the life-boat, which towed the Eilis to Valentia.

The life-boat returned to her station at 6.5..