[2] A meeting of the RNLI executive committee on 22 November 1995 resolved that a lifeboat was to be placed at Kildavnet on Achill Island in County Mayo, to cover the area of Clew Bay, for a one-year evaluation period.

[1][2] After just 14 months, the Helen Turnbull (ON 1027) was withdrawn on 26 January 1998, and replaced by another temporary boat, the 52-foot Arun-class lifeboat 52-10 Soldian (ON 1057), previously stationed at Lerwick.

[2] Soldian was launched at 04:50, to begin the 14 miles (23 km) journey to Achill Head, to the aid of the fishing vessel Carrigeen Bay, drifting towards the rocks with engine failure.

The casualties were landed at Dugort, although conditions were too rough to tie up, so the coxswain held the bow to the pier to get all survivors ashore.

[1] In 2005, crew members David Curtis and Arthur Knipe, and Dr Patrick Lineen, would be three of the first recipients of the new "Framed Certificate for First Aid", for their care of a seriously injured woman, who had fallen onto the derelict pier at Clare Island, on the night of 9 April.

[5] Launching at 11:00 on 19 September 2013, the lifeboat went to the aid of a fishing boat with its nets entangled in the propellers, 54 miles (87 km) west of Achill Island.

The lifeboat arrived on scene at 23:00, and the Sligo-based Irish Coast Guard Helicopter Rescue 118 was dispatched to illuminate the vessel.