[4] Benjamin Stout, the lifeboat's coxswain, was awarded an RNLI Silver Medal for leading the rescue of 22 people from the SS Victoria which was sinking in the Pentland Firth on 3 March 1891.

Half of the rescued people were German so the Emperor of Germany gave a gold watch to the coxswain and money to the crew.

[2] Coxswain John Swanson was awarded a silver medal after rescuing the crew from the trawler Braconmoor which ran aground on 5 January 1930.

The Swedish government gave a cash award to the crew and coxswain Alfred Johnston received an RNLI bronze medal.

A silver medal was also awarded to Daniel Kirkpatrick for the rescue by breeches buoy of 14 people from a trawler on 4 February 1959.

The RNLI's chairman sent a framed 'Letter of Thanks' to Leslie and the crew after they attended a chemical tanker which was on fire, along with the Thurso lifeboat, on 19 March 1999.

The lifeboat went to their aid in the difficult conditions, after which coxswain Kevin Kirkpatrick received the 'Thanks of the Institution inscribed on Vellum' and mechanic John Budge was given a framed 'Letter of Thanks' from the chairman.