ON 29th September, 1925, the trawler Rig, of Ramsgate, was wrecked off Tolpedn, Cornwall, in a thick fog, when returning from a fishing voyage at Swansea. She had nine men on board.

Seven of the nine were rescued from the shore by the Life-Saving apparatus, and the trawler was salved by the Penlee Motor Life-boat. Before this happened an attempt had been made to launch the ship's dinghy, but her keel had caught on the rail. The trawler was lying at an angle of about 45 degrees, and when six of the men made a united effort to get the dinghy clear, she took a sudden run, and all six were flung into the sea.

Two of them, one of whom was the skipper, were never seen again. The mate succeeded in swimming back to the trawler, and the other three men, clinging to thekeelof theupturneddinghy, drifted rapidly away.

One of the three men who were still on board was Mr. E. J. Ebbett, the cook. He threw off his clothes, made a light line fast round his body, and jumped overboard. According to the statement of the owners of the trawler he swam between 120 and 130 yards before he reached the dinghy with his line. It was made fast, and he and the three other men were safelj hauled back to the trawler, although the dinghy turned over three times on the way.

When they were got aboard again they were too exhausted even to speak. At the time little or nothing was said of this gallant action, and it was not until eight months later that the full particulars were brought to the notice of the Institu- tion.

Mr. Ebbett has been awarded the Thanks of the Institution inscribed on Vellum and a monetary reward. The presentation was made by the Hon.

Esmond Harmsworth, M.P. for Thanet, and a member of the Committee of Management of the Institution, at the Ramsgate Town Hall on 16th July.

The Mayor, who presided, said that Ebbett's name would be inscribed on the town's Roll of Honour..