During the afternoon of the 3rd December the Coxswain of the Life-boat Docea Chap- man was informed that an attempt was going to be made to save the steam trawler Rhodesia, of Grimsby, which had stranded five miles to the south of Withernsea the previous day, and that the salvors were desirous of using the Life-boat for this purpose. The neces- sary permission having been granted by the Honorary Secretary, the boat was launched in a heavy ground swell and proceeded to the vessel. The Life- boat succeeded in effecting communica- tion between the stranded trawler and a tug, and by this means the vessel was subsequently saved..