Harold Gardner, a Lancaster man, and his brother Thomas, bought the Harbinger on 10th March 1956. She was fitted out for piloting in the River Lune estuary by James Nicholson Ltd of Glasson Dock and commissioned for piloting on 16th May that year. Harold and Thomas decided to rename their boat Peggy.
Peggy served as the Lancaster pilot boat for 35 years, being moored off Sunderland Point. On one occasion she resumed her role as a lifeboat, being summoned by Lancashire Police to save 2 men from a capsized dinghy in Glasson Dock.
Harold Gardner sold Peggy to Hoylake RNLI Mechanic Alan Tolley on 9th October 1992.
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