At 11 P.M., on the 24th January, 1868, guns were heard from the St. Nicholas Light Vessel, and lights of distress were seen in Yarmouth Roads. The large life-boat was at once got out, but the gale was so strong, and the weather so thick and snowy, that the vessel was not reached till 3 A.M. She was brought into a safe position by the crew of the life-boat, and assisted into Yarmouth Harbour the next morning.

She proved to be the fishing-smack Clipper, of Yarmouth, with 6 men on board..