At 6.45 P.M. on the 6th July a message was received from the Coastguard at Walton that the Gunfleet Lighthouse had reported a vessel ashore on the Sunk Sands. The sea was smooth, with a swell on the Sands, and a moderate S.W.

wind was blowing. A further message was received through the North Fore- land Wireless Station that the crew were in the rigging, and the Motor Life- boat E.M.E.D. went out at 7 P.M. She found the Norwegian yacht Sofie, bound to Havre from Norway, high and dry, with two men on board. At their request. the Life-boat stood by. The yacht refloated without help as the tide rose and went on her way. The Life- boat arrived back at Walton at 2.20 A.M.

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