On the 10th June the fishing lugger Surprise, of Lowestoft, which had put to sea the previous day, had not returned, and, as there was a moderate S.W. gale blowing with a rough sea, it was considered advisable to make a search for her.

The Life-boat Kentwell was launched at about 7.45 A.M., and one and a half hours later succeeded in falling in with the fishing-boat eleven miles from the shore. The harbour tug was also sent out, and reached the fishing-boat at the same time as the Life-boat, and the latter passed a rope from the lugger to the tug. As the endangered boat was a small open one, life-belts were supplied to the men in her. The tug then took the fishing-boat and Life- boat in tow and took them into port.

The crew of the lugger found it neces- sary to keep the pumps constantly going on the way to .harbour in order to keep their boat from sinking..