LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Pyrene Co. Ltd
THE PYRENE COMPANY LTD.
Just as ships in distress know they can depend on the men of Britain's life-boats, so in the emergency of fire the R.N.L.I, crews themselves know they can depend upon the sure and unfailing...
Category: Advertisement
Life-Boat Saturday Fund
THE year of grace 1902 has come and gone, but in reviewing it we have to acknowledge that it has not been an altogether exhilarating and encouraging one for charity workers generally, and that the Life-boat Saturday Fund cannot,...
Category: Articles
A Dinghy (16)
Howth, Co. Dublin - The life-boat A.M.T. was launched on 24th Angust, 1967, and landed the crew of two of a dinghy who had been rescued by the IRB. A full account of this service appears on page 304..
An Aeroplane (16)
DECEMBER 10TH. - PORTRUSH, CO. ANTRIM.
An aeroplane had been reported crashed in the sea, but nothing was found.- Rewards, £18 14s..
Baltimore - Ireland Division
Lifeboats have been operating from the remote coastal village of Baltimore, on the South coast of Ireland, since 1919. With the infamous Fastnet Rock standing defiant nearby, the crew is kept very busy - with no less than 10 medals for... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
The S.S. Fal
On the 2nd October signal guns were fired by the Gull light-vessel, while a moderate gale was blowing from W.S.W.
with a very heavy sea. The Life-boat was launched at about 5.40 A.M. and found the s.s. Fal, of Falmouth,...
Mrs Elsie Farr
Mrs Elsie Farr. honorary life president of the Lifeboat Enthusiasts' Society and widow of Grahame Farr. Mr Farr was honorary archivist of the LBES and after his death she took over the task of providing information from the archives and...
Category: Obituaries
An Aeroplane (109)
JULY 27TH. - THURSO, CAITHNESSSHIRE.
A Spitfire aeroplane had beenreported down in the sea, but nothing could be found. - Rewards, £8 6s. 6d..
An Aeroplane (170)
NOVEMBER 5TH. - RHYL, FLINTSHIRE.
A British aeroplane was reported to have crashed into the sea, but nothing could be found. - Rewards, £23 1s. 6d..
An Aeroplane (130)
AUGUST 3lST. - RHYL, FLINTSHIRE.
The pilot of a British aeroplane had wirelessed that he was baling out about 3 miles N.W. of Rhyl, but the life-boat was recalled before she reached the position given. - Rewards, £16...