During a strong W.S.W. breeze at about 7.30 P.M. on the 21st July a ketch was observed trying to make the harbour; she missed stays, drifted to eastward, and struck the bar just off the east pier. The crew of the Life-boat Michael Henry were assembled and the boat launched to the assistance of the distressed vessel. On arrival they found the crew making preparations to leave her, but at the request of the captain a hawser was taken to a tug which had also come to their assistance. The boat then stood by the vessel until 10.30 P.M., when the tug succeeded in getting her off and took her into harbour. The vessel was the ketch Hawthorn, of St. Servan, and was bound from Dunkirk to Brest with a cargo..