On 26 January 1879, the Abraham Leggett, No. 4, was hit by the steamship Naples from Liverpool when the pilot-boat came along the side of the steamer attempting to board her. The damage was so bad that the pilots abandon the pilot-boat and came on board the steamer. Captain Kennedy of the steamer, said that he did not take responsibility for the loss of the boat because he was in no need of a pilot and the weather was too bad to board.
