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Alexandra

The steam trawler Alexandra, whilst bound from Iceland to Boulogne with a cargo of fish, ran on to the rocks about three quarters of a mile N.W. of Skinningrove jetty, during a very thick fog on the 13th June. Information of the casualty was received by telephone from the Coastguard at 12.30 A.M., and the Life- boat Mary Batger was despatched with- out loss of time. The Rocket Apparatus at Skinningrove was also sent, but the vessel had stranded such a long distance from the shore that the rockets failed to reach her. When the Life-boat got alongside the trawler Coxswain Bridges and two men went aboard, and, later, they assisted in getting the vessel clear, and piloted her into deep water. As the vessel did not appear to have suffered any damage from the accident, she proceeded on her voyage, and the Life-boat returned to her station, where she arrived at 7 A.M..