On the night of the 21st June the coastguard tele- phoned that a ship was ashore on Beachy Head ledge. The sea was smooth, but there was a very thick fog.

The Eastbourne life-boat was off ser- vice for overhaul and the Newhaven motor life-boat Cecil and Lilian Phil- pott was launched at 10.55 P.M. She found the ship to be the s.s. Goldbell, of London, and, at the master's request, stood by until she refloated on the rising tide. The life-boat returned to her station at 2.5 A.M.—Rewards, £11 7s. 6d..