On the 24th April an intimation by telephone was received that a large vessel was aground on the North Leman Sand.

The No. 2 Life - boat Margaret was launched, and after sailing about seventeen miles, fell in with the Yarmouth steam-tug Meteor which took her in tow to the Sand, where the barque Chipperkyle, of Liverpool, bound from Hamburg for Melbourne with a general cargo, was found stranded. With the help of two steam-tugs the vessel was got off the sand and was taken towards Yarmouth. When about five miles from Winterton a dense fog rendered it imperative to bring the barque to an anchor; but when the weather cleared the tugs were again made fast and she was taken into Yarmouth Roads, arriving there at about 6 P.M. on the following day. The Life-boat then returned to her station, which was reached at 8.30 P.M..