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In the morning of Nov 10, 2010, Margate’s RNLI lifeboat was called to stand by the "Fugro Mercator", dragging its anchor and at risk of running aground on rocks on the north Kent coast. The vessel with 21 people on board was at anchor in Margate Roads effecting engine repairs. The vessel’s crew notified coastguards at Dover of the situation as their drift took them towards the 10 metre depth line adding that they were endeavouring to restart the engine. The Margate all weather lifeboat was launched to stand by the vessel while in the meantime the assistance of the Chatham based tug "Napia" had also been arranged and at the time was well on its way to the area. Once on scene the lifeboat stood by the ship and after around an hour engineers on board managed to regain enough power to manoeuvre away from the coastline and re-anchor in deeper water. The lifeboat stood by until the "Napia" arrived to take over stand-by duties while more permanent repairs were carried out on board the vessel.
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