At about 2 P.M. on the 31st October the Coxswain and some of the crew of the Life-boat Samuel Lewis, when fishing near Chapel, observed a barge flying signals of distress.

The men promptly landed and tele- phoned for a motor-car to come down and take them back to Skegness. On arrival they launched the Life-boat and proceeded to the barge, which was the Britannic, of London, bound from Brightlingsea to Immingham Dock with a cargo of gravel. When the Life-boat reached her she was driving in a whole northerly gale and was in considerable danger. The Life-boat stood by the barge and rendered assistance to her until she was taken in tow by a tug.

As the conditions of weather pre- vented the boat regaining her station, she made for Boston Dock, where she remained until the weather moderated..