It is one of the three oldest lifeboat stations situated on the North Wales coast, a disused building of which houses the Holyhead Maritime Museum.

A local committee was formed three years later and the first lifeboat arrived at the station shortly afterwards.

[2] The boathouse and slipway were used until 1980, when a new Arun-class boat was allocated to the station and kept afloat in the harbour.

The boathouse was expanded in 1987 to fit a D-class lifeboat (EA16) and its launching trolley.

Its current inshore boat, (D-791) Mary & Archie Hooper, entered service in 2016.