During the afternoon of the llth April, the brigan- tine Mary Annie, of Folkestone, stranded on the sands to the westward of the Cockle Light-vessel, and a yawl put off to her assistance. On reaching the vessel the men in the yawl found that she was hard aground and realised that more assistance would be necessary to get her off; they therefore made signals.

In response the No. 2 Life-boat Eleanor Brown was launched and proceeded to the brigantine. Men were placed on board and anchors were run out, and shortly before midnight the vessel was successfully floated. No further help being then wanted the Life-boat re- turned to her station..