Sailing Directions dating to 1870 note that there was a lifeboat at Solva. OS 1st edtion mapping shows the lifeboat house and its slipway at the western end of Trinity Quay. Modern aerial photography suggest that the building and slipway are still extant. It has been reported that the building has been altered with its entrance doors reduced in size and two windows blocked up. The tide guage alongside the slip is dated 1856.

Sources include:
Dyfed Archaeological Trust HER Ref: 32621
Admiralty, 1870, Sailing Directions for the West Coast of England from Milford Haven to the Mull of Galloway including the Isle of Man, pg115
NAW AP coverage 2006-9
OS 2nd edition 25in

Maritime Officer, RCAHMW, September 2014.