The Palling No. 2 Life-boat, British Workman, was also launched at 9 A.M. on the 14th June, during a strong breeze from the N. and a very heavy sea, signals having been fired by the North Float Light-vessel. The boat made for the Happisburgh Sands, and found the ketch Thomas Owen, of Portmadoc, laden with stone for London, sunk, and her crew of three men clinging to the fore rigging, the master having been knocked overboard by the vessel's boom and drowned.

The rescue of the men was effected with much difficulty, as, owing to the heavy sea, the boat could not approach close to the vessel, and it was therefore necessary to drag them through the water by means of lines thrown from the Life-boat..