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Norfolk And Suffolk-class Lifeboat
Norfolk and Suffolk-class lifeboats were lifeboats operated by the Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) from stations around the coasts of the United Kingdom and Ireland. They were able to operate further from shore and around the sandbanks common off East Anglia. Description Norfolk and Suffolk class of non-self-righting lifeboats were designed to operate further from shore, and specifically around East Anglia East Anglia is an area in the East of England, often defined as including the counties of Norfolk, Suffolk and Cambridgeshire. The name derives from the Anglo-Saxon kingdom of the East Angles, a people whose name originated in Anglia, in .... At one time, the engines in motor lifeboats were regarded as an auxiliary and boats retained their full sailing rig. In 1906, the Walton-on-the-Naze's lifeboat , originally a pulling and sailing design built in 1900, was fitted with a 32 bhp petrol engine and served at the station until 1928. The conversion o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
RNLB H F Bailey (ON 670)
RNLB ''H F Bailey'' (ON 670) was the first Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) lifeboat (rescue), lifeboat powered by a motor, that served from Cromer Lifeboat Station. Description The lifeboat was built in 1923 by J. Samuel White at Cowes on the Isle of Wight. The lifeboat was powered by an 80 bhp Weyburn DE6 engine and was a Norfolk and Suffolk-class lifeboat. She was and long with a breadth of Donor The Cromer station had four motor-powered lifeboats all called ''H F Bailey'', after the donor, a Mr Henry Francis Bailey of Brockenhurst,''Cromer Lifeboats 1804–2004'', page 54. a London merchant who was born in Norfolk and had died in 1916. New boathouse To accommodate this new motor lifeboat a new lifeboat house and slipway were built on the end of the Cromer Pier.Cromer Lifeboat, Apictorial history, By Nicholas Leach & Paul Russell, Pub; Landmark Collector’s Library, The planning and building of this new boathouse was carried out three years before the arriv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
