[2] In the previous 35 years, the Royal National Lifeboat Institution had awarded no less than six RNLI Silver Medals for Gallantry to Coastguards, Fishermen and other locals, for rescues performed around Thurso.

So in 1859, it was decided to establish a station in Thurso, and especially due to the volume of shipping now passing by.

She was replaced in 1871 by a slightly larger 10-oar boat, Charley Lloyd, which served for another 19 years, being called out 31 times, and rescuing 255 lives.

She served Thurso for 27 years, being launched 102 times, and saving the lives of 138 people.

Fire crews from both Thurso and Wick attended, but the intensity was such that only one wall of the boathouse remained, along with the iron keel and engines of the boat.