On the evening of the 22nd January the Royal Naval Shore Signal Station telephoned that a vessel about the size of a trawler appeared to be aground on Spurn Point, south of the military pier. Two of the life-boat crew went to investigate and reported that a trawler was ashore at a place where the beach had a steep slope. The motor life-boat City of Bradford II was launched at 9.5 P.M.

A light wind was blowing and the sea was smooth. The life-boat found the trawler to be the Icelandic Havardour Isfirdingur, of Isafjordur, bound from Grimsby to the fishing grounds. She earned a crew of sixteen. Shortly after the life-boat got alongside the trawler gave a list to port. Her crew were afraid that she would capsize and asked, at first, to be taken off. They stayed, however, and the life-boat stood by. At low water the life-boat ran out an anchor, which was hove in tight on the trawler's winch, and about 7 o'clock next morning the trawler hauled herself off and put to sea. The life-boat returned to her station at 7.3 A.M., having been on service for ten hours.—Property Salvage Case..