At 7.20 A.M., on the 23rd September, the Life-boat Beauchamp was launched in a strong W.N.W. wind and a heavy sea to a schooner riding at the entrance to the Cockle Gat. The Boat sailed to the Gat, and was then taken in tow by the steamtug Express. On arriving at the vessel, the schooner Parthenia, of and for Great Yarmouth, from Hartlepool with coal, it was found that she had several feet of water in her hold, having been considerably strained by the heavy weather she had experienced. Her crew of six men were thoroughly exhausted, and were about to leave the ship in their own boat.

Some of the Life-boatmen went on board the vessel to pump the water out, while the Express took her in tow and at about four o'clock in the afternoon • she was brought into Yarmouth harbour..