MOTOR VESSEL REFLOATS ON FLOOD TIDE Cromer, Norfolk. At eight o'clock on the morning of the 24th November, 1962, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a small motor vessel was thought to be aground between Mundesley and Bacton. The no. 1 life-boat Henry Blogg was launched at nine o'clock on an ebbing tide. There was a light south-westerly breeze with a smooth sea. The weather was cloudy with poor visibility. The life-boat made for the position given, and when she had almost reached Mundesley a small fishing vessel returning to Cromer advised the coxswain that the casualty was aground a mile and a half south of Mundesley. The life-boat took the fishing vessel in tow, and when she carne up with the casualty, which was the motor vessel Viscount, the coxswain went ashore in the fishing vessel to discover whether the captain of the Viscount needed help. The captain had gone ashore to telephone, but as the coastguard reported that the wind was veering to the north-west, the coxswain decided to stand by during the flood tide in case the wind freshened. The fishing vessel returned to Cromer. As the tide flooded in the afternoon the coxswain took the life-boat alongside to assist in refloating the casualty. The casualty's bow anchors had been laid astern, and by heaving on these and coming astern on her own anchors, and with the life-boat towing, the Viscount was refloated at 3.40. As the Viscount had not suffered serious damage the life-boat returned to her station, arriving at 5.35..