With the Sheringham lifeboat undergoing a refit[2] at Oulton Broad, Henry Blogg was launched to the steamer's aid and stood by.

With the Francois Tixier heavily listing on the port the lifeboat went alongside but the captain and his crew refused to leave the stricken vessel.

[2] On 31 May 1958[1] Henry Blogg took part in an unusual rescue when she was called to aid the Sheringham lifeboat Forester's Centenary.

[1] This service began with a call at 9.50am to the Sheringham honorary secretary from the Trinity House Superintendent of Great Yarmouth requesting that a sick man be taken off the Dudgeon Light-vessel.

The doctor went aboard the light-vessel and dispensed a sedative[1] to the sick man and he was then strapped to a stretcher and transferred to the Forester's Centenary.

Nine miles north east from home at around 4.40pm the Forester's Centenary was in trouble when her skew gear which drives the lifeboat's oil and water pumps broke down.