The Motor Life-boat Edward Z. Dresden was launched at 1.50 P.M. on the 17th April, in a strong and gusty E. breeze with a rough sea, as the Coastguard had received a message by telephone that a small boat had capsized off Jaywick, two miles W. of the pierhead, and no suitable boat was at hand to put off to the rescue.

The Life-boat found that two men had put out in a boat and had rescued the four occupants of the small boat, who were in an exhausted condition. The Life-boat was returned to her Station, arriving back at 2.50 P.M.—Rewards, £5 10s..