At 1.10 P.M. on the 12th May, a report was received from the Coastguard that a barge was ashore on the Gunfleet Sands.

The Life-boat James Stevens No. 14 was sent to her assistance and found that she was in a very dangerous position and near some stumps of an old wreck.

The Life-boat stood by the barge until 5.15 P.M., when she floated off the sands after bumping heavily. The boat re- mained with the barge until she was out of danger and then returned to her station. The barge was the Dorothy, of Harwich, bound from Felixstowe to the Thames..