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Pandora

Port St. Mary, Isle of Man - At n a.m. on igth April, 1967, news was received that the motor yacht Pandora had broken down about 14 miles south east of Port St. Mary and the freighter Caxton was standing by. The life-boat R. A. Colby Cubbin No. 2 was launched at 11.25 in a strong south westerly wind and a moderate sea. It was two hours before low water. The Pandora was reached about 1.15 p.m. She was sheltering in thelee of the Caxton. The life-boat took her in tow to Port St. Mary, arriving back at her station at 4.40..