| Official Number: | ON 694 |
| Donor: | Legacy of Henry Francis Bailey, Brockenhurst, Surrey. |
| Station | Cromer |
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.
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 45feet and breadth of 12inchesft6inchesin (ftin). She was powered by a single Weyburn 80 hp petrol engine.
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.
| As H F Bailey (ON 694) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date | Casualty | Lives saved | |
| 1924 | |||
| 22 September | Auxiliary fishing cutter Iona of Middlesbrough, landed 4 from Haisborough light vessel | 4 | |
| 22 October | Steamship Clansman of Lowestoft | 9 | |
| 5 December | Steamship Vojvoda Putnik of Split, assisted to save vessel | 41 | |
| 27 December | Smith Knoll light vessel, rendered assistance | ||
| 1925 | |||
| 19 April | 8 | ||
| 12 June | Steamship Equity of Goole, rendered assistance | ||
| 14 October | Barge Scotia of London, assisted to save vessel | 3 | |
| 1927 | |||
| 9 July | Steam Trawler ANSON of Grimsby, saved trawler | 9 | |
| 21–22 November | Steam tankerGEORGIA of Rotterdam | 15 | |
| 1928 | |||
| 25 January | Ketch HARROLD of London, assisted to save vessel | 3 | |
| 1929 | |||
| 28 June | River steamship EMPRESS of Nottingham | 3 | |
| 30 October | Four masted schooner SVENBERG of Vardo, stood by vessel | ||
| 22 November | Motor yacht CELIA of Bridlington, Landed 2 | ||
| 1930 | |||
| 21 October | Steam drifter GIRL EVELYN of Fraserburgh, assisted to save vessel | ||
| 1931 | |||
| 17 February | Fishing boat WELCOME HOME of Sheringham, saved | 1 | |
| 4 October | Steam trawler LE VIEUX TIGRE of Boulogne-sur-Mer, rendered assistance | ||
| 20–22 November | Steamship Zembra of Dunkirk, saved vessel | ||
| 24 December | Steamship VIKVALL of Oskarshamn, rendered assistance | ||
| 1932 | |||
| 7 August | Motor trawler IVERNA of Galway, rendered assistance | ||
| 3 September | Motor barge OLIVE MAY of London, rendered assistance | ||
| 11 October | Steam drifter ALEXANDRINE of Boulogne-sur-Mer, stood by vessel and gave help | ||
| 14–16 October | Steamship MONTE NEVOSO of Genoa, saved | 29 plus one dog | |
| 14–16 October | Steam tug NOORDZEE of Rotterdam, saved from MONTE NEVOSO | 1 | |
| 28 November | Barge MATILDA UPTON of Ipswich, assisted to save vessel | 3 | |
| 1933 | |||
| 1 March | Steamship MARY KINGSLEY of London, rendered assistance | ||
| 20 November | Motor barge GOLDCROWN of London, rendered assistance | ||
| 13 December | Barge SEPOY of Dover, saved | 2 | |
| 1934 | |||
| 24 November | Motor barge RIAN of Groningen, rendered assistance | ||
| 1935 | |||
| 13 February | Steamship CAMPUS of Cardiff, assisted to save vessel | 29 | |
| 31 May | Three masted schooner SIX SISTERS of Hull, rendered assistance | ||
| As reserve lifeboat J B Proudfoot (ON694) | |||
| 1940 | |||
| 16 June | Steamship BRIKA of Swansea, assisted to save vessel | ||