RNLB H F Bailey (ON 714)
Appearance
History | |
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Owner | Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) |
Builder | J S White of Cowes, Isle of Wight |
Official Number: | ON 714 |
Donor: | Legacy of Henry Francis Bailey, Brockenhurst, Surrey. |
Station | Cromer, Selsey |
Cost | £8,253 |
Laid down | 1928 |
Launched | 1929 |
Acquired | 1929 |
In service | 1929 -1937 |
Fate | Destroyed in a Boatyard fire June 1937 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Watson-class |
Type | Motor lifeboat |
Length | 45 ft 6 in (13.87 m) overall |
Beam | 12 ft 6 in (3.81 m) |
Installed power | two 40hp Wayburn CE4 petrol engines |
Speed | 8.23 kn (15.24 km/h) |
Notes | Re-named RNLB Canadian Pacific (ON 714) when transferred to Selsey in 1929 |
RNLB H F Bailey II (ON 714) was the third lifeboat stationed at Cromer to bear this name, but the first of the four to bear a number in its name.[1] This lifeboat was sent to replace H F Bailey (ON 694). Coxswain Henry Blogg of the Cromer is often referred to as "the greatest of the lifeboatmen"[2][3] was said to have disliked this lifeboat having preferred the previous lifeboat H F Bailey ON 695.
Service record
[edit]Arriving at Cromer in May 1929, this lifeboat served at Cromer for only two year and over that period she was launched 3 times and saved the lives of 5 people. In 1929 she was transferred to Selsey Lifeboat Station and was renamed Canadian Pacific.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ The History of Cromer Lifeboats and Crews – H F Bailey 777 1935 to 1945. Author: Lee, Kitty. Publisher:Kitty Lee. Work:Chapter One – Page IX, The story of H.F. Bailey Lifeboats.ISBN 0 9518530 0 7
- ^ "Henry Blogg, the Greatest of the Lifeboatmen", Jolly, C., Pub: Poppyland Publishing, new edition 2002, ISBN 0-946148-59-7
- ^ pdf of "Henry Blogg, the Greatest of the Lifeboatmen"
- ^ The History of Cromer Lifeboats and Crews – H F Bailey 777 1935 to 1945. Author: Lee, Kitty. Publisher:Kitty Lee. Work:Chapter One – Page X, The story of H.F. Bailey Lifeboats.ISBN 0 9518530 0 7