[5] In a NW gale on 6 December 1940, the Rachel and Mary Evans (ON 806) was launched to the aid of the steamship London, travelling to Cardiff from Penzance, and now dragging her anchor near Breaksea Lightship.

[1][2] In 2002, at a meeting of the RNLI, it was decided that the decision to replace the current Arun-class with a Trent-class lifeboat would be rescinded, and that Barry Dock would receive a new FSB2 (Fast Slipway Boat), (subsequently named Tamar-class).

Both were sent to auction:[7] This donation has already helped fund the Shannon-class lifeboat now based at Hastings, and £2.8million was allocated to the construction of a new boathouse at Pwllheli.

The station became operational on 12 September 2023, a long overdue replacement for the old wooden ex-show bungalow, donated to the RNLI for use as a crew room by Associated British Ports in 1991.

[9] The following are awards made at Barry Dock:[1][5] On 13 January 1965, Coxswain Swarts died while working on the Watson-class lifeboat Rachel and Mary Evans, after he fell to the concrete floor of the boathouse.