[2] On 27 January 1883, the steamship Agnes Jack ran aground at Port Eynon Point.

[3] On 7 February 1883, the schooner Surprise was wrecked just north of Port Eynon Point, with the loss of all seven hands.

Janet responded to a distress signal from the S.S. Dunvegan, and while making her way to the vessel, the lifeboat was capsized by a large wave.

Although the lifeboat automatically righted itself, one crew member could not make it back onboard and drowned.

[2] On 2 July 1973, D-class Helm John Grove took the boat close inshore, through broken water and past jagged rocks, to rescue three of four people, initially stranded on Worms Head (Penrhyn-gwyr), who then decided to try and swim against the flood tide to shore.

It also included a crewroom with galley, a souvenir outlet, toilet, fuel store and a look-out tower.