Caister, Norfolk.—At ten o'clock in the morning of the 29th of February, 1952, the coastguard reported that a vessel had gone aground off Waxham, and at 10.15 the life-boat Jose Neville was launched. The sea was calm, with a fresh north-easterly breeze blowing, but there was fog. The lifeboat found the motor vessel Serenity of London, with a crew of nine, on Waxham beach. The Serenity's boat tried to pass a line from her to a tug, but the wind and tide prevented her, so the life-boat passed it. The tide was ebbing and the Serenity could not be moved until the next high tide.

While waiting for it the life-boatmen dug away a large amount of sand round the Serenity. As the tide rose she was pulled off the beach and made for Great Yarmouth under her own power.

The life-boat returned to her station arriving at ten o'clock that night. The owner thanked the life-boatmen.— Property Salvage Case..