During a gale of wind from S.W., on the 2nd January, 1869, the brig Belle, of Sunderland, was total)/ wrecked on Sizewell Bank. The life-boat Ipswich,- which is stationed at Thorpeness, was launched with all practical speed, and happily saved the crew of 9 men, the boat behaving very well in the broken water on the sand. Again on the 8th February, the same valuable boat saved the crew of 8 men from the barque Selina, of Falmouth, which was wrecked near the Misner Haven Coast-guard Station, during a strong S.W- gale, and in a heavy sea. Attempts had previously been made to rescue the crew by means o? the Rocket Apparatus, but without success.

Since the Ipswich was placed here in 1862, she has saved the crews of the following wrecks-.—Barge Henry Everest, of Rochester, 4 men saved; S.S. Osprey, of Hartlepool, 6 ; brig Florence Night- ingale, 6 ; smack Leader, of Harwich, Jl; brig Belle, of Sunderland, 9; and barque Selina, of Falmouth, 8; total Jives saved, 34.