[5] A boathouse, designed by RNLI Architect Mr. W. T. Douglas, was constructed by E. Williams on a site owned by the town council at Gimblet Rock, at a cost of £609-14s-0d.

The 40ft Watson-class 40 hp lifeboat Maria (ON 560) was placed at Pwllheli, and after successful trials, was soon followed with a permanent boat, the larger 43ft Watson William McPherson (ON 620).

On 3 September 1951, Pwllheli lifeboat was called to the capsized sailing boat Dorothy from Morfa Bychann public school camp, but couldn't launch.

[2] The latest ILB on station is the D-class (IB1) Robert J Wright (D-811), named in memory of the former Pwllheli Coxswain, who collapsed and died of a heart attack on the lifeboat during a call in 2015.

A new state-of-the-art boathouse was constructed at Glan-Y-Don, completed in 2020, which was opened officially in September 2021 to house their new Shannon lifeboat 13-39 Smith Brothers (ON 1346).

[9][10][11] In January 2024, following a breakdown in crew relationships, the station was closed, and the Shannon-class lifeboat was removed to RNLI headquarters at Poole, and temporarily placed into the Relief fleet.

The station reopened on 3 April 2024 to allow limited operation of the D-class lifeboat, whilst further crew training would continue.