At 4.20 A.M. on the 22nd August, a telephone message was received from the Gunfleet Lighthouse stating that a vessel was ashore on the sand. Rockets were fired to assemble the crew, and within thirteen minutes the Life-boat James Stevens No. 14 left her mooring under sail assisted by the motor which had been recently fitted in the boat. On arrival the vessel proved to be the barque Adele of Brevig, bound from that port to London with a cargo of ice. At the request of the captain the Life-boat stood by the vessel, but a few minutes before high water the vessel, with the assistance of a tug, floated and pro- ceeded in tow of the tug to London.

The Life-boat then started for home, but seeing a motor launch that had come out from Frinton at anchor near the sand, the Life-boat made for her. It was found that the motor had broken down, and as there were nine persons on board, and the wind off the shore, the Coxswain took the disabled vessel in tow as far as Frinton. He then returned to Walton, arriving at 11.30 A.M., the motor having worked well during the whole time the boat was at sea..