RNLB H F Bailey II (ON 714)

Career
Owner: Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI)
Builder: J S White of Cowes, Isle of White
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

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

  1. ↑ 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
  2. ↑ "Henry Blogg, the Greatest of the Lifeboatmen", Jolly, C., Pub: Poppyland Publishing, new edition 2002, ISBN 0-946148-59-7
  3. ↑ pdf of "Henry Blogg, the Greatest of the Lifeboatmen"
  4. ↑ 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