Castletownbere RNLI lifeboat ‘Annette Hutton’ was paged at 2:58pm and launched minutes later under the command of deputy coxswain Sean Bawn O’Sullivan with mechanic Donagh Murphy and coxswain Joe O’Sullivan, crew Joe Cronin, Seamus Harrington, Dave O’Donovan, and William O’Driscoll.

The Courtmacsherry All Weather RNLI Lifeboat was called out at 3:40am and the boat was towed back to the nearest port of Courtmacsherry.