A few minutes after mid-day on the llth November Coxswain William Adams, of the North Deal Life-boat, was called out, and it was reported to him that a man-of-war had been blown up. He at once hurried to the beach and saw that a cruiser was sinking. The crew of the Life-boat Charles Dibdin were summoned with all possible speed and the Life-boat proceeded to the sinking vessel—H.M.S.

Niger, which had been torpedoed.

Before the Life-boat could reach her the crew found it necessary to abandon her, and when the Life-boat arrived some of the men were in shore-boats and some were in boats belonging to a gunboat. Of these men six were taken into the Life-boat, which then returned ashore, and landed them..