The lifeboat station and slipway still exist, and have been identified by the Isles of Scilly Council as a Building of Local Significance.

Two rails ran the entire length of the slip, on which rested the double bogey trolley that carried the boat.

The St Agnes Lifeboat put William Thomas Hicks on board to act as pilot.

His son, Frederick Charles Hicks, put off with seven other men in the gig 'Slippen' which rescued the schooner's captain and engineer form Hellweather rock.

Frederick Charles Hicks was awarded the RNLI Silver Medal for bravery, when swimming from a gig to save the captain of the Thomas W Lawson.