An hour and a half later the _Narwhal_ arrived, and took all the crew on board. Commander Campbell himself--dead set on saving his ship if it could be done--inspected her once more, and then went over to the _Narwhal_ to discuss the possibility of towage. Shortly afterwards the _Buttercup_ came up, and as Q. 5 seemed by now to have assumed a more stable position and the water was gaining more slowly, Commander Campbell ordered _Buttercup_ to take her in tow, which was done in the most seamanlike manner. It was a long and difficult business, almost desperate at times. First the tow parted, owing to Q. 5’s helm being jammed hard over and immovable--the result of explosion. But her commander was not defeated. He was hard at work raising steam in her donkey-boiler, so as to be able to steer and veer cable. After four hours he got her in tow again, and she towed fairly well. But water was still gaining; the swell was breaking over the decks, and the after gun-house was at times under water. Another ship, _Laburnum_, was now standing by, and at dusk suggested that Commander Campbell and his men should come on board for the night; but they refused to give up their ship as long as they could steer her. About two hours after midnight the end seemed to have come; Q. 5 suddenly started to list, the water gained rapidly, the donkey boiler-room was flooded, and the helm could no longer be used. At 3.30 Commander Campbell put the helm amidships, and ordered his men aboard _Laburnum_. He then followed himself, but returned to his own ship at daybreak and resumed towing; then, finding her in a very critical condition, he was compelled to go back to _Laburnum_ for the time. In the evening, when they were at last nearing port, the trawler _Luneta_ came out to help. Q. 5 had by now nearly twenty degrees of list, and her stern was nearly eight feet under water; but she was brought in after all, and we may take her commander’s word for it that her safe arrival in harbour was due to the splendid seamanship of Lieutenant-Commander W. W. Hallwright of the _Laburnum_. In an achievement like this, there is a romantic touch of the old tradition--it was by just such seamanship that our frigate captains saved the Fleet after Trafalgar.