Fishing boat with engine trouble A MEMBER OF BALTIMORE, Co. Cork, lifeboat crew informed the deputy launching authority at about 1310 on Tuesday, November 11, 1975, that the fishing boat Dun Na Ri was in difficulty with engine trouble east of Bird Island. The 46' Watson lifeboat Henry Blogg, built in 1945, on temporary duty at the station, was launched at 1320 in a moderate easterly wind and a slight sea.

The tide was ebbing.

Henry Blogg came up with the fishing boat, with a crew of three, at 1405 and took her in tow. The lifeboat arrived back at her station an hour later, at 1505..