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JAN. 25TH. - SHOREHAM HARBOUR, SUSSEX. At 11.16 P.M. on the 24th January the coastguard reported a vessel making signals on her siren. The night was misty with a light S.S.E. wind and a moderate swell. Later the coastguard reported that a vessel was off Lancing with all lights extinguished, and at 12.40 A.M. on the 25th the motor life-boat Rosa Woodd and Phyllis Lunn was launched to investigate. She found the motor vessel Gerco, of Delfzijl, laden with bricks for Denmark. The captain had lost his bearings and wanted a pilot. The lifeboat escorted the vessel to the harbour, where she took a pilot aboard.-Rewards, £l5 7s. 6d..