The No. 2 Life- boat Hearts of Oak was called out on the 13th-14th January in response to a telephone message stating that a vessel was on the Haisborough Sands. While the Life-boat was proceeding to the Sands a light was seen from one of the boats belonging to the wrecked vessel, in which the crew had escaped. Just before the Life-boat reached her, the boat arrived at the Haisborough Light-vessel and the men took refuge on board. The Life-boat stood by all night to see if anything could be done in connexion with the wreck at daylight, bub finding her position was hopeless the five ship- wrecked men were landed at Palling.

The vessel was the schooner Gowan, of Banff, bound from Hamburg to Ply- mouth with salt..