The Charles Dibdin Life-boat was launched at 10 P.M. on the llth November, during a whole northerly gale, to a vessel which was burning flares in the Downs off Deal. On reaching the vessel she proved to be the barge Briton, of London, with three men on board.

As soon as the Life-boat got alongside these three men jumped into the boat, and the Captain reported that his vessel was nearly full of water. The Life-boat stood by the barge until about 3 A.M., when, the weather having moderated, the crew were put back again on board, and they, together with several of the Life-boat's crew, pumped the barge sufficiently clear of water to take her into Dover, where she arrived in safety at about 9.30 A.M..