On the 30th December the brig Delegate, of London, struck on the Caister Shoal, or Inner Barber Sands, while the wind was blowing very hard from the south.

A Caister yawl went off to her assistance, but although one of the crew managed to get on board the vessel, the sea was too heavy for tfe» yawl to stay by, and she returned for the Caister surf life-boat —the Boys—which was soon launched and alongside the wreck. After some difficulty she succeeded in saving the vessel's crew of 9 men..