RNLB H F Bailey (ON 714) explained

Official Number:	ON 714
Donor:	Legacy of Henry Francis Bailey, Brockenhurst, Surrey.
Station	Cromer, Selsey

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]

Notes and 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.
2. "Henry Blogg, the Greatest of the Lifeboatmen", Jolly, C., Pub: Poppyland Publishing, new edition 2002,
3. http://www.poppyland.co.uk/support/bloggchap1.pdf 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.