On September 23, 1892, the pilot boat Varuna was struck and sunk by the fishing schooner Emily P. Wright.

At launch, she was commanded by Captain James H. Reid, who mastered General Benjamin F. Butler's yacht America.

Captain William McMilan, succeeded in working the Varuna out off Highland Light, when she was driven into shoal water during the storm.

8, was driven ashore at the Sand Hills beach in Scituate, Massachusetts with the loss of all five men aboard.

[8] In April 1900, Charles I. Lampee, during spring vacation and his senior year in high school, went on a cruise with his grandfather skipper Thomas Cooper.

He convinced the captain on the steamer to tow them back to Boston to save time as there was not enough wind to return home.

A huge wave came onboard, which carried away boat-keeper Sidney Campbell and caused considerable damage to the boat.

On 28 June 1913, the pilot-boat Varuna was sold to Stephen Simmons to be used as a trading vessel between ports in the Spanish Main.