A quotation after the wreck of the Achilles records a fitting description and memorial to all those involved "It is gratifying to notice that whilst the rocket apparatus was so successfully handled by the coastguard, the Mullion Lifeboat also fulfilled her mission on this the first occasion of her putting to sea from her new station, where she has been hardly a month, and it is further gratifying to note that on the occasion of the last wreck along this coast on 26 March, twenty five lives were lost, the largest number on record, namely 18, have providentially been saved"" (Lloyds List later put the number drowned in the wreck of the "Jonkheer" in March 1867 at 24). After the wreck of the Achilles in 1867, there were three Lifeboats stationed at Mullion, all manned by local men. Despite attending many call outs and assisting the Coastguard in many rescues, they were not credited directly with saving the lives of any other person until being disbanded in 1908 but worked tirelessly with the local Coastguard and members of the local rocket life-saving apparatus, continuing well into the 20th century.