Fortunately in calm conditions, 386 passengers were transferred off the vessel to a tug, by both the Porthoustock and Falmouth lifeboats.

Provided from the legacy of Mr. F. E. Mills of Penshurst, Kent, the boat was named Constance Melanie (ON 458).

[4] Her first call on 3 January 1902, would be to the barque Glenbervie, with a cargo of 1000 barrels of spirits, now wrecked at Lowland Point.

[5] Much has been documented about the wreck of the steamship Suevic, the fifth and last of the Jubilee-class ocean liners, which due to a navigational error in the fog, ran aground at full speed on the Stag Rock, 1 mile (1.6 km) off Lizard Point.

[4][6] On 10 February 1912, five hours after departing Falmouth, Cornwall, the barque Pindos of Hamburg was driven ashore at The Guthins as the weather deteriorated to a south-east gale.

A 1000 watt acetylene-lamp had recently been provided to the station, and this was set up at Chynhalls point, illuminating the whole scene.

On 14 August 1934, a new 35-foot 6in Liverpool-class non-self-righting motor-powered lifeboat, constructed by J. Samuel White, with a single 35-hp engine, capable of 7.45 knots, was placed at Coverack, funded from the legacy of Miss Margaret Quiller-Couch, of Looe.

[8] The Coverack lfeboat was launched to the aid of the coaster Mina Cantiquin, which struck a rock at Black Head.

Departing William Osborne's boatyard in Littlehampton on 1 May 1954, she was sailed up the east coast to Inverness, cutting through Loch Ness and the Caledonian Canal, and back down the west coast, around Land's End to Littlehampton, arriving back 23 days later, after a journey of 1,500 miles (2,400 km).