RNLB H F Bailey (ON 670)
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RNLB H F Bailey (ON 670) was the first Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) lifeboat powered by a motor, that served from Cromer Lifeboat Station.
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H.F. Bailey ON670 | |
History | |
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Owner | Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) |
Builder | J. Samuel White at Cowes on the Isle of Wight. |
Official Number: | ON 670 |
Donor: | Legacy of Henry Francis Bailey, Brockenhurst, Surrey. |
Station | Cromer |
Laid down | 1923 |
Fate | Moved to Great Yarmouth & Gorleston on 5 May 1924, where she served until 1939 |
General characteristics | |
Type | ‘Norfolk & Suffolk’ type |
Length | 46 ft 6 in (14.17 m) overall |
Beam | 12 ft 9 in (3.89 m) |
Installed power | Single Weyburn Diesel engine of 80 bhp (60 kW) |
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