During a moderate S.E. gale and very heavy sea, on the 3rd January, the steam- trawler Sea King, of Hull, was observed in the offing making signals for a pilot.

The sea was too rough for an ordinary shoreboat to put off, the Life-boat Queensbury was therefore launched and proceeded to her. They found that the steamer had run short of fuel and could not reach Hull, the port to which she was bound. Two Life-boatmen were placed on board and the vessel was brought into safety..