Ramsey, Isle of Man;—At 5.17 on the evening of the 22nd of May, 1951, the coastguard telephoned that a ship seemed to be on fire six miles east- north-east of Queens Pier. Later on, he reported that she was a drifter and had been taken in tow by another drifter; but at 6.5 he said she needed help. So at 6.15 the life-boat Thomas Corbett was launched. The sea was calm with a light easterly breeze.

Three miles east of the harbour she found the motor fishing vessel Brighter Hope, of Belfast, in tow of the drifter Boy Tomry which had taken off the crew of five. The coxswain boarded the Boy Tomry to pilot the Brighter Hope to the beach, and the life-boat went inshore to summon the fire brigade. She then returned to the Brighter Hope, now beached, and fired a line ashore to connect a fire hose.

The hose was hauled out and the fire was got under control. The life-boat then made the drifter secure, and re- turned to her station, arriving at midnight.—Rewards, £21 16,s..