At 5 P.M. on the 12th March, when blowing a strong gale from the N., the schooner Resolute, of Peterhead, and brig A. E. M., of Nantes, went ashore on the north-west part of the Goodwin Sands.

The steam-tug Vulcan and Life-boat Bradford proceeded from Ramsgate to their assistance, and when within the proper distance the Life-boat was cast off from the steamer, which had towed her out, and making sail, anchored near the schooner, from which with great difficulty the crew rescued 6 men. Afterwards they closed the French brig, and the Lifeboat men, wading through the water upon the sands, succeeded in removing the whole of her crew also, consisting of 8 persons.

The tug and Life-boat, with the 14 rescued persons, regained the harbour at midnight.