On the 25th March the Life-boat was launched at 8.40 P.M., and proceeded to the assistance of the brigantine Henry Harvey, of Hayle, bound from Runcorn for Lelant with coal, which while endeavouring to make the harbour at Penzance in a strong N.E. gale and a heavy sea, missed stays. An anchor was at once let go, but the cable parted and she struck near the Battery Rocks, where she became a total wreck. She burnt flares for help, and the Life-boat rescued her crew of five men and a woman who was on board, returning safely ashore with them at 10 P.M.