RNLB H F Bailey (ON 714)

History
Owner	Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI)
Builder	J S White of Cowes, Isle of Wight
Official Number	ON 714
Donor	Legacy of Henry Francis Bailey, Brockenhurst, Surrey.
Station	Cromer, Selsey
Cost	£8,253
Laid down	1928
Launched	1929
Acquired	1929
In service	1929 -1937
Fate	Destroyed in a Boatyard fire June 1937
General characteristics
Class and type	Watson-class
Type	Motor lifeboat
Length	45 ft 6 in (13.87 m) overall
Beam	12 ft 6 in (3.81 m)
Installed power	two 40hp Wayburn CE4 petrol engines
Speed	8.23 kn (15.24 km/h)
Notes	Re-named RNLB Canadian Pacific (ON 714) when transferred to Selsey in 1929

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.

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]

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