Before a lifeboat station was established at Weymouth five Silver Medals were awarded for Gallantry for rescues to shipwrecks off the coast.

1869 The RNLI established a lifeboat station. A boathouse and slipway were built on the quay.

1890 Silver Medals were awarded to Frank Perry and Frederick Carter for saving one man from a capsized boat in Weymouth Bay.

1921 The boathouse was adapted for a motor lifeboat.

1924 The station’s first motor lifeboat was placed on service.

1930 The lifeboat was replaced by a larger Barnett class lifeboat and was placed on moorings in the river next to the boathouse.

1948 A Bronze Medal was awarded to Coxswain Frederick J Palmer for rescuing three people from the yacht 'Mite' during an 11-hour service.

1949 A Silver Medal was awarded to Coxswain Frederick J Palmer and Bronze Medal to Motor Mechanic James McDermott for rescuing four people from an old dockyard steam tug.

1961 The Thanks of the Institution Inscribed on Vellum was awarded to Coxswain Frederick J Palmer for saving the crew and the vessel 'Vectis Isle', in danger of being broken up by the sea.

1965 A Bronze Medal was awarded to Crew Member Donald Laker, a collective Thanks of the Institution Inscribed on Vellum to the Coxswain and crew, and Letters of Appreciation to Mr EA Hall, Mr DS Southcombe and Dr EJ Gordon Wallace for saving the crew of five from the yacht 'Dehra'.

1967 A collective Letter of Thanks was awarded to the Coxswain and crew for saving the two crew and the catamaran 'Ranger of Essex'.

1968 A Framed Letter of Thanks was awarded to Bowman BAC Legge when he jumped from the lifeboat to the yacht 'Frances Helen' to secure a tow-line.

1969 A Centenary Vellum was awarded to the station.

1969 The Thanks of the Institution Inscribed on Vellum was awarded to Honorary Medical Adviser Dr EJ Gordon Wallace for treating a dangerously ill woman on board the motor vessel'Burva'. Framed Letters of Thanks were sent to Coxswain Alfred T Pavey and the other seven members of the lifeboat crew.

1972 A Bronze Medal was awarded to Coxswain Alfred T Pavey for rescuing an injured crew member from the yacht 'Nomis'. Thanks of the Institution Inscribed on Vellum were awarded to Bowmen Bertie Legge and Honorary Medical Adviser Dr Jeremy Parkinson.

1976 Medal service. Second Coxswain Pitman awarded Silver Medal with six individual vellums awarded to the crew.  Two of the six crew were not RNLI, but local fishermen taken along to make up the crew numbers.

1977 A Silver Medal was awarded to Second Coxswain Victor James Pitman for saving the yacht 'Latifa' and her eight crew during a hurricane and phenomenal seas on 14 October 1976. Thanks of the Institution Inscribed on Vellum were awarded to the other members of the lifeboat crew.

1978 The Thanks of the Institution Inscribed on Vellum was awarded to Second Coxswain Victor James Pitman for rescuing the two crew from the yacht 'Sartorious', which went aground in Warbarrow Bay.

1985 The Thanks of the Institution Inscribed on Vellum was awarded to Coxswain Victor James Pitman for rescuing the five crew and saving the yacht 'Vagrant Gypsy'.

1986 The Thanks of the Institution Inscribed on Vellum was awarded to Second Coxswain Christopher William Tett when he rescued a severely injured man who was in danger of drowning from Weymouth Harbour.

1988 A Bronze Medal was awarded to Coxswain/Mechanic Derek John Sargent for rescuing the five crew from the catamaran 'Sunbeam Chaser' during a storm and heavy breaking seas off Portland Bill on 16 October 1987.

1995 An inshore lifeboat station was established alongside the all weather lifeboat and a B class Atlantic 21 lifeboat was placed on service on 29 June.

1996 A new B class boathouse and slipway were built on the south side of the harbour.

1998 The Atlantic 75, B-746 'Phyl Clare 3', was sent to the station on 18 May.

2002 The new Severn class lifeboat, ON-1261 'Ernest and Mabel', was placed on service.

2003 Former Honorary Secretary Derek John Sargent was awarded an MBE by Her Majesty The Queen.

A new pontoon berth for the all weather lifeboat was completed in April.