'Bransty' - Tyrella, Co. Down - At 9.30 a.m. on the 7th February, during thick weather, the wind blowing a strong gale from the S.S.E., accompanied by heavy rain, the brigantine Bransty, of Whitehaven, bound from Newry to Penarth, with a cargo of oats, was seen to be drifting towards the Long Rocks in Dundrum Bay. She, however, cleared those rocks, and made a little way out to sea, but in consequence of almost all her canvas having been blown away, she was unmanageable, and it was evident that she would soon be dashed upon the rocks. The Tyrella Life-boat 'Memorial' was thereupon speedily launched, and rescued the crew, consisting of four men. Great difficulty was experienced in effecting this rescue, owing to the very heavy seas about the vessel. The master had his right leg broken, the Life-boat being suddenly dashed against him by the sea, as he was about to drop from the side of the vessel into the Boat. The brigantine, soon after her crew had been taken off, became a total wreck. - The Life Boat [1287] 1st August 1881.