RNLB H F Bailey (ON 694)
 H.F. Bailey ON694 service to the Monte Nevoso
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| History | |
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| Owner | Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) |
| Builder | J. Samuel White at Cowes on the Isle of Wight. |
| Official Number: | ON 694 |
| Donor: | Legacy of Henry Francis Bailey, Brockenhurst, Surrey. |
| Station | Cromer |
| Laid down | 1924 |
| Fate | She left Cromer in 1935 and was renamed the J.B. Proudfoot and served in the reserve fleet |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Watson class |
| Length | 45 ft 0 in (13.72 m) overall |
| Beam | 12 ft 6 in (3.81 m) |
| Installed power | single Weyburn petrol engine of 80 bhp (60 kW) |
RNLB H F Bailey (ON 694) was the second lifeboat at Cromer in the county of Norfolk[1] to bear the name of H F Bailey. She replaced H F Bailey (ON 670) which had been stationed at Cromer until 1924. In 1936 she became the station's reserve lifeboat and was renamed J B Proudfoot.
Description
The lifeboat was built by J. Samuel Whites at Cowes in the Isle of Wight in 1923.[2] She was a Watson-class lifeboat and had a length of 45 feet (14 m) and breadth of 12 feet 6 inches (3.81 m). She was powered by a single Weyburn 80hp petrol engine.
Donor
The Cromer station had four motor-powered lifeboats all called H F Bailey after the donor, Henry Francis Bailey of Brockenhurst,[2] a London merchant who was born in Norfolk and died in 1916.
Service and rescues
| As H F Bailey (ON 694) | ||
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| Date | Casualty | Lives saved |
| 1924 | ||
| September 22 | Auxiliary fishing cutter Iona of Middlesbrough, landed 4 from Haisborough light vessel | 4 |
| October 22 | Steamship Clansman of Lowestoft | 9 |
| December 5 | Steamship Vojvoda Putnik of Split, assisted to save vessel | 41 |
| December 27 | Smith Knoll light vessel, rendered assistance | |
| 1925 | ||
| April 19 | Steam drifter Couronne of Lowestoft | 8 |
| June 12 | Steamship Equity of Goole, rendered assistance | |
| October 14 | Barge Scotia of London, assisted to save vessel | 3 |
| 1927 | ||
| July 9 | Steam Trawler ANSON of Grimsby, saved trawler | 9 |
| November 21–22 | Steam tankerGEORGIA of Rotterdam | 15 |
| 1928 | ||
| January 25 | Ketch HARROLD of London, assisted to save vessel | 3 |
| 1929 | ||
| June 28 | River steamship EMPRESS of Nottingham | 3 |
| October 30 | Four masted schooner SVENBERG of Vardo[disambiguation needed], stood by vessel | |
| November 22 | Motor yacht CELIA of Bridlington, Landed 2 | |
| 1930 | ||
| October 21 | Steam drifter GIRL EVELYN of Fraserburgh, assisted to save vessel | |
| 1931 | ||
| February 17 | Fishing boat WELCOME HOME of Sheringham, saved | 1 |
| October 4 | Steam trawler LE VIEUX TIGRE of Boulogne-sur-Mer, rendered assistance | |
| November 20–22 | Steamship Zembra of Dunkirk, saved vessel | |
| December 24 | Steamship VIKVALL of Oskarshamn, rendered assistance | |
| 1932 | ||
| August 7 | Motor trawler IVERNA of Galway, rendered assistance | |
| September 3 | Motor barge OLIVE MAY of London, rendered assistance | |
| October 11 | Steam drifter ALEXANDRINE of Boulogne-sur-Mer, stood by vessel and gave help | |
| October 14–16 | Steamship MONTE NEVOSO of Genoa, saved | 29 plus one dog |
| October 14–16 | Steam tug NOORDZEE of Rotterdam, saved from MONTE NEVOSO | 1 |
| November 28 | Barge MATILDA UPTON of Ipswich, assisted to save vessel | 3 |
| 1933 | ||
| March 1 | Steamship MARY KINGSLEY of London, rendered assistance | |
| November 20 | Motor barge GOLDCROWN of London, rendered assistance | |
| December 13 | Barge SEPOY of Dover, saved | 2 |
| 1934 | ||
| November 24 | Motor barge RIAN of Groningen, rendered assistance | |
| 1935 | ||
| February 13 | Steamship CAMPUS of Cardiff, assisted to save vessel | 29 |
| May 31 | Three masted schooner SIX SISTERS of Hull, rendered assistance | |
| As reserve lifeboat J B Proudfoot (ON694) | ||
| 1940 | ||
| June 16 | Steamship BRIKA of Swansea, assisted to save vessel | |
References
 Watson-class lifeboats | |
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