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Nabro

Ramsey, Isle of Man.—At four in the afternoon of the 16th of March, 1952, the coastguard telephoned that a motor fishing boat two miles east- north-east of Queen's Pier was flying a flag "I am disabled; communicate with me," but that she did not reply to signals made to her. At 4.40 the life-boat Thomas Corbett put out, but in the work of launching her the head launcher broke his elbow. A light south-easterly breeze was blowing, with a moderate sea running. The life-boat found the fishing boat Nabro, of Dublin, anchored, with her engines broken down. Life-boatmen boarded her to help the crew of five weigh the anchor, but they could not move it, so they slipped it. The life-boat then towed the Nabro to Queen's Pier where she moored her to await the tide. She remained with her and towed her into the harbour at 12.30 the next morning, reaching her station again at 1.45. The owner made a donation to the Institution.—Rewards, £36 18s..