At about 1 P.M. on the 9th November a steamer was ob- served aground on the north part of the Scroby Sands, and in* response to her signals of distress the crew of the No. 1 Life-boat Covent Garden were assembled and the boat launched. The vessel proved to be the trawler Auckland, of Hull, which was being used as a mine sweeper. The master of the trawler asked the Life-boat to stand by, and she accordingly did so. About 3.30 P.M. the commander of another mine sweeper came aboard the Life-boat and requested the Coxswain to lay oub an anchor for the Auckland, After this had been done the Life-boat stood by the vessel until she floated. She then returned to her station, where she arrived at 9.30 P.M..