Cromer Lifeboat H F Bailey III
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| H F Bailey III | |
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 Cromer Lifeboat H F Bailey III |
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| Nationality | British, |
| Station | Cromer |
| Official Number: | ON 777 |
| Cost: | £7,307 14s 0d |
| Doner: | Legacy of Henry Francis Bailey, Brockenhurst, Surrey. |
| Owner: | RNLI |
| Service: | Lifeboat |
| Type: | Watson Cabin motor |
| Commenced Service: | 1935 |
| Builder: | Groves and Guttridge Ltd, Isle of Wight |
| Naming Ceremony: | 27th August 1937 |
| Maiden voyage: | 1935 |
| Fate: | On Display at the Henry Blogg Museum in Cromer |
| General characteristics | |
| Tonnage: | 18.78 gross tonnage |
| Length: | 31 feet 9 inches overall. |
| Beam: | |
| Depth | 9 feet 5 inches. |
| Engine | Two Weyburn CE4 four cylinder Diesel engines of 40 BHP |
| Propulsion: | Screws |
| Speed: | 8 Knots |
| Complement: | 12 crew plus 95 rescues |
H F Bailey (ON. 777) is the most famous lifeboat to serve from Cromer because she was used by Coxswain Henry Blogg to perform many of his most famous lifesaving exploits. The lifeboat was on station for just ten years between 1935 and 1945.[1] . From 1923 to the end of the Second World War in 1945 the Cromer station had four motor powered lifeboats all called H F Bailey. So called after the donor, a Mr Henry Francis Bailey of Brockenhurst.[2] , a London merchant who was born in Norfolk and had died in 1916.
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[edit] Construction
H F Bailey was built at the yard of Groves and Guttridge Ltd on the Isle of Wight. Her hull is constructed using double diagonal planking of Honduras Mahogany on a framework of Teak ribs and beams with the stem and stern posts and her keel of English Oak. The stern and stem posts are grown to the required shape to give the lifeboat its strength and sturdiness. She is 46 feet long and 12 feet 9 inches wide. The hull is divided into seven watertight compartments, of which the engine room is one. The hull is fitted with 142 Mahogany air cases all individually made to fit into its allocated position in the hull. Her equipment included the latest innovations of the time which included a line throwing gun and an electrically powered searchlight[3].
[edit] Gallery
.JPG/120px-H_F_Bailey_info_board_16_Feb_2008_(3).JPG) H F Bailey at sea |
.JPG/120px-Cromer_Lifeboat_H_F_Bailey_1_Feb_2008_(2).JPG) The wheel house |
[edit] Rescues
- SS Cantabria, 2nd November 1938
- SS Mount Ida, 9th October 1939
- SS English Trader, 26th October 1941
[edit] References
- ^ Cromer Lifeboats 1804-2004, Leach, Nicholas & Russell, Paul, Pub: Tempus Publishing, 2004,Appendix 1 Lifeboat Summary ISBN 0-7524-3197-8,
- ^ Cromer Lifeboats 1804-2004, Leach, Nicholas & Russell, Paul, Pub: Tempus Publishing, 2004,Page 54, ISBN 0-7524-3197-8,
- ^ Cromer Lifeboats 1804-2004, Leach, Nicholas & Russell, Paul, Pub: Tempus Publishing, 2004,Two New Lifeboats, page 73 ISBN 0-7524-3197-8,
