MAY 11TH. - LOWESTOFT, SUFFOLK.

At 9.33 at night the Great Yarmouth coastguard reported that the local fishing smack Crecy was in need of help off Corton. The weather was foggy, a light easterly breeze blowing, and the sea calm. The motor lifeboat Michael Stephens was launched at 9.50 and with the aid of her searchlight found the fishing smack beached in six feet of water.

With difficulty she went alongside and advised the crew to remain. on board. At eleven o’clock, as the tide rose, the smack refloated. She was leaking. The life-boat towed her into harbour, and reached her station again at 12.45 next morning. - Property salvage case..