Howth’s Trent class lifeboat Roy Barker III was called out on 10 September when a large powerboat ran aground just off Lambay Island.

At the rocky scene, the lifeboat crew launched their daughter XP boat to get in closer and investigate. They saw a ½m gash on the powerboat’s starboard hull, and the two people onboard were taken off. The casualty vessel slid off her jagged perch, just as the lifeboat crew brought their pump onboard. She was refloated and towed to shore, while her uninjured crew had already been transferred to a passing powerboat and brought ashore.