Bembridge, Isle of Wight.--Shortly before 9 P.M. on the 8th January the motor life-boat Langham was launched in a moderate S.W. gale, with a rough sea, as information had been received from Stokes Bay that a fishing boat needed help. The life-boat found the Portsmouth fishing boat Annie ashore with her motor disabled and her sails blown away. She had a crew of two.

A line was got aboard the Annie, and she was refloated and taken to Portsmouth.

The life-boat reached her station again at 1.45 A.M.—Rewards, £17 15s..