# RNLB H F Bailey (ON 694)

RNLB H F Bailey (ON 694) was the second lifeboat at Cromer in the county of Norfolk 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. She was a Watson-class lifeboat and had a length of 45 feet (14 m) and breadth of 12 feet 6 inches (3.81 m). 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) :
| 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 | Steam drifter Couronne of Lowestoft | 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 | |