[1] The original vessel was not fitted with a fog horn, instead a gun mounted onboard was fired during periods of low visibility as a warning to shipping.

[1][3] On numerous occasions during the stormy winter months, the Trinity service boat carrying the relief crew would be unable to get alongside the light vessel.

[4] The light vessel was used on numerous occasions as a flag boat, marking a turning point for yacht racing at the annual Ramsey Regatta.

[7] After a meeting on 3 February 1909 concerning new works, the Board of Trade requested the observations of the Northern Lighthouse Commissioners on a suggestion that a fog horn be established on Maughold Head.

[8] The suggestion was put forward as a result of a complaint from Lord Inverclyde that the Whitestone Bank Light was often extinguished and on several occasions shipping had come to grief.