At 10.30 P.M., on the 26th May, distress signals were | reported from the Princess Light-vessel, and the No. 1 Life-boat Eliza Harriet l was launched and proceeded to her.

There they learnt that a vessel had been j burning flares to the N.N.W. The' Life-boat at once proceeded in that i direction, and found a German three- j masted schooner riding to her anchor i on the edge of the Shingle sand in very ] shallow water. Active assistance was ! declined, as she was then afloat and the i tide flowing, Realising the dangerous position of the schooner, the Life-boat stood by her until she got into mid- • channel and then returned home. There 1 was a strong S.S.W. breeze at the time and the sea was rough..