At 7.30 A.M. on the 8th December, during a dense fog, the watchman reported that a vessel was ashore on the beach, one mile to the eastward of the watch-house. The crew of the Life-boat were at once assembled and proceeded in the boarding-boat to the assistance of the vessel, which proved to be the motor fishing-boat Pat, of Grimsby, bound for the fishing grounds.

With the assistance of the Life-boatmen the vessel was refloated and returned to Grimsby. At the time of this service the wind was light, but there was a nasty ground swell, and had it not been for the timely assistance rendered to the vessel she would have become a total wreck..