On the 12th December, this Life-boat proceeded to the aid of the schooner Barldey, of Ipswich, and with great difficulty succeeded in rescuing her crew consisting of 5 men. The vessel had also struck on Benacre Point and became a total wreck; the crew had taken to the rigging, and the sea was breaking over the vessel when the Life-boat reached her.

The Barkley was on a voyage from Sunderland to Ipswich with a cargo of coal..