NOVEMBER 24TH. - WALMER, KENT. At 5.50 in the evening, the Deal coastguard reported a vessel aground on the Goodwin Sands. Ten minutes later the motor life-boat Charles Dibdin (Civil Service No. 2) was launched, and found the American Liberty ship Leland Stanford on the southern part of the Sands, with several hundred troops on board bound for the United States. Six lifeboatmen went on board and took soundings.

The life-boat stood by until midnight. Then she laid out a kedge anchor and about 2.15 next morning the steamer refloated, but her propeller had been fouled by the wire of the kedge. Tugs were then engaged, and towed the Leland Stanford clear of the Sands. The life-boat accompanied her round the South Goodwin Lightvessel to an anchorage in the Downs, collected her six men and returned to her station, arriving at 6.30 that morning.

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