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RNLB <i>H F Bailey</i> (ON 777)

RNLB H F Bailey (ON 777)

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RNLB H F Bailey (ON 777) is the most famous Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) lifeboat to have served 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 the ten years between 1935 and 1945.[1] She is now part of the National Historic Fleet[2] and has been preserved in the RNLI Henry Blogg Museum in Cromer.[3]

Quick Facts History, General characteristics ...

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 after the donor, Mr Henry Francis Bailey, a London merchant who had been born in Brockenhurst, Norfolk and had died in 1916.[4]

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 (14 m) long and 12 feet 9 inches (3.89 m) 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, each 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 electric searchlight.[5]

Further use

RNLB HF Bailey went on to serve Helvick Head Lifeboat Station in County Waterford Republic of Ireland until 1969 when the station was closed. It remained closed until 1994 when it was reopened by the RNLI. The lifeboat stationed there today is an Atlantic 75 and provides cover in the area between Youghal and Tramore Lifeboat Stations.

Rescues and service

More information Date, Casualty ...
  • The H F Bailey at sea
  • The wheel house

See also

References

  1. [1]
    Cromer Lifeboats 1804–2004, Appendix 1 Lifeboat Summary.
  2. [2]
    "H F Bailey (1446)". nationalhistoricships.org.uk. Archived from the original on 26 January 2008.
  3. [3]
    "Cromer Lifeboats - Museum". www.cromerlifeboats.org.uk. Archived from the original on 10 February 2007.
  4. [4]
    Cromer Lifeboats 1804–2004, page 54.
  5. [5]
    Cromer Lifeboats 1804–2004, Two New Lifeboats, page 73.
  6. [6]
    "Archived copy". www.starlightpublishing.co.uk. Archived from the original on 21 August 2007. Retrieved 19 September 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  • Cromer Lifeboats 1804–2004, Leach, Nicholas & Russell, Paul, Pub: Tempus Publishing, 2004, ISBN 0-7524-3197-8.

Further reading

  • The History of Cromer Lifeboats and Crew; H.F. Bailey 777 1935 - 1945 Cromer, Kitty Lee, 1991, ISBN 0-9518530-0-7
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