On the 22nd February, during a whole W.S.W. gale, accompanied by thunder and lightning, the Assistant Coxswain of the Life-boat saw a vessel caught in a squall, her sails blown away and her foretopmast stay carried away. As the vessel appeared to be unmanageable he gave the alarm, and the crew of the Life-boat The Two Sisters, Mary and Hannah, were mustered.

The boat proceeded under sail to the vessel, and on arrival the captain stated he wanted assistance. She proved to be the brigantine Alroyd, of London, bound to Shields with a cargo of burnt ore. She was about half-a-mile from the Newcome Sands, where the sea was very heavy.

Life-boatmen were put on board and the vessel anchored. The Life-boat then remained with her until about 9 P.M., when a tug arrived, and the Alroyd was towed to Lowestoft..