RNLB H F Bailey (ON 694) was the second lifeboat at Cromer in the county of NorfolkThe Cromer Lifeboats, by Bob Malster & Peter Stibbons,:Poppyland Publishing, 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.Cromer Lifeboats 1804–2004, She was a Watson-class lifeboat and had a length of and breadth of . She was powered by a single Weyburn 80 hp petrol engine.
Donor The Cromer station had four motor-powered lifeboats all called H F Bailey after the donor, Henry Francis Bailey of Brockenhurst, a London merchant who was born in Norfolk and died in 1916.
Service and rescues As H F Bailey (ON 694)DateCasualtyLives saved192422 SeptemberAuxiliary fishing cutter Iona of Middlesbrough, landed 4 from Haisborough light vessel422 OctoberSteamship Clansman of Lowestoft95 DecemberSteamship Vojvoda Putnik of Split, assisted to save vessel4127 DecemberSmith Knoll light vessel, rendered assistance192519 April Steam drifter Couronne of Lowestoft 812 June Steamship Equity of Goole, rendered assistance14 October Barge Scotia of London, assisted to save vessel319279 July Steam Trawler ANSON of Grimsby, saved trawler921–22 November Steam tankerGEORGIA of Rotterdam15192825 January Ketch HARROLD of London, assisted to save vessel3192928 June River steamship EMPRESS of Nottingham 330 October Four masted schooner SVENBERG of Vardo, stood by vessel22 November Motor yacht CELIA of Bridlington, Landed 2 193021 OctoberSteam drifter GIRL EVELYN of Fraserburgh, assisted to save vessel193117 FebruaryFishing boat WELCOME HOME of Sheringham, saved14 October Steam trawler LE VIEUX TIGRE of Boulogne-sur-Mer, rendered assistance20–22 NovemberSteamship Zembra of Dunkirk, saved vessel24 DecemberSteamship VIKVALL of Oskarshamn, rendered assistance19327 AugustMotor trawler IVERNA of Galway, rendered assistance3 SeptemberMotor barge OLIVE MAY of London, rendered assistance11 OctoberSteam drifter ALEXANDRINE of Boulogne-sur-Mer, stood by vessel and gave help14–16 OctoberSteamship MONTE NEVOSO of Genoa, saved29 plus one dog14–16 OctoberSteam tug NOORDZEE of Rotterdam, saved from MONTE NEVOSO128 NovemberBarge MATILDA UPTON of Ipswich, assisted to save vessel319331 MarchSteamship MARY KINGSLEY of London, rendered assistance20 NovemberMotor barge GOLDCROWN of London, rendered assistance13 DecemberBarge SEPOY of Dover, saved2193424 NovemberMotor barge RIAN of Groningen, rendered assistance193513 FebruarySteamship CAMPUS of Cardiff, assisted to save vessel2931 MayThree masted schooner SIX SISTERS of Hull, rendered assistance As reserve lifeboat J B Proudfoot (ON694)194016 JuneSteamship BRIKA of Swansea, assisted to save vessel
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