361:. The car ferry sank at about 2 o'clock but there was confusion about its precise location and the lifeboat did not reach the wreck until more than an hour later by which time the storm had developed into a hurricane. The Portpatrick crew rescued 2 people and took them to Donaghadee, and the lifeboat from that harbour saved 31. When the ferry had left Stranraer there had been 127 passengers and 49 crew on board; this is regarded as one of the worst disasters in British coastal waters in the twentieth century. The Portpatrick lifeboat returned to her station on the afternoon of 1 February, more than a day after launching into the storm. Its coxswain, William McConnell, was awarded an RNLI Bronze Medal and a
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