At about 6 P.M. on the 8th March a vessel was seen to strike the Haile Sand, and a few minutes later she burnt a flare. In response a boat went off to her, and came back with a message that the Life-boat was required. The crew of the No. 2 Life-boat Rescue were sum- moned and the boat launched. There was a moderate W.S.W. wind with a moderate sea and the vessel was bump- ing. Seven Life-boatmen were put on board and they succeeded in getting the vessel clear; they then took her to Lowestoft. The vessel was the ketch Charles Yvonne, of Ostend, and was bound for Lowestoft in ballast..