On the 23rd February, a message having been received from the North Goodwin Light-vessel, the Life-boat Bradford went out in tow of the harbour steam-tug Aid at 8.45 A.M., and found the s.s. Hopeful, bound from London for Liverpool with a general cargo, stranded between the North and North-West Goodwin buoys. The Life-boat stood by her until the tide made, when she was able to get off under her own steam and resumed her voyage, apparently uninjured.

The weather at the time was foggy and the sea and wind were moderate, the latter blowing from S.W..