Cloughey, Co. Down. — At 12.30 in the early hours of the 10th of August, 1952, the coxswain reported that a vessel had gone aground on the north end of North Rock, about three miles off Cloughey, and at one o'clock the life-boat Constance Calverley was launched on service for the first time.

A strong westerly wind was blowing, with a moderate sea. The life-boat found the S.S. Lassell, of Liverpool, with thirty-six persons on board. The master asked the life-boat to stand by and said he would try to re-float his ship at high water, but owing to strong currents and the wind she remained hard aground. She had been badly holed, and at the request of the master the life-boat landed twenty- nine members of the crew. She took them to Portavogie, and then stood by the Lassell again. The master later asked the life-boat to land a pilot who had been prevented from being putashore at Liverpool by bad weather and to fetch the men she had previ- ously landed. As the weather had moderated, the life-boat took the pilot ashore, re-embarked the twenty- nine men, and took them back to the steamer. Two tugs had arrived and, at the request of the master, the life- boat again stood by while they tried to refloat her, but the Lassell remained aground. The master then stated that he did not need the life-boat any longer, and she returned to her station, arriving at five o'clock that evening.

The life-boat had been on service over seventeen hours.—Rewards, £41 8s..