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. 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" 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.