On the 7th November, the No. 1 Lifeboat Mark Lane was launched at about 5.15 A.M., signals of distress having been seen during a moderate gale, increasing at intervals to a strong gale, from the E.S.E., and a very heavy sea. After a long search the barque Alabama, of Tonsberg, laden with deals, was sighted in the Pikle, a channel running between the Seroby and the Cross Sands, With some difficulty the Life-boat managed to reach the vessel which had sprung a leak, and was full of water, the master having been compelled to have the main mast cut away to prevent the ship from turning over. Her crew, consisting of eight men, were rescued by the Life-boat. In crossing the Scroby Sands the Life-boat encountered extremely heavy seas, which at times almost turned the boat end over end..