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The '''''Harriot Dixon'' ON 770''' was a lifeboat, stationed at [[Cromer lifeboat station|Cromer]] in the county of [[Norfolk]]<ref>''OS Explorer Map 252 - Norfolk Coast East''. ISBN 978 0 319 23815 8.</ref> in 1934, She was the number 2 lifeboat and was stationed at the old lifeboat house on Cromer beach.<ref name="srok">''The Cromer Lifeboats'', by Bob Malster & Peter Stibbons,:Poppyland Publishing, ISBN 0 946 148 21 X</ref>. During the thirty years that she was the No 2 lifeboat at Cromer she was launched 55 times and was responsible for saving the lives of 20 people<ref name="srok2">''Cromer Lifeboats 1804-2004'', Leach, Nicholas & Russell, Paul, Pub: Tempus Publishing, 2004, ISBN 0-7524-3197-8</ref>. Dixon road in the southern suburb of Cromer is named after the Lifeboat.
The '''''Harriot Dixon'' ON 770''' was a lifeboat, stationed at [[Cromer Lifeboat Station|Cromer]] in the county of [[Norfolk]]<ref>''OS Explorer Map 252 - Norfolk Coast East''. ISBN 978 0 319 23815 8.</ref> in 1934, She was the number 2 lifeboat and was stationed at the old lifeboat house on Cromer beach.<ref name="srok">''The Cromer Lifeboats'', by Bob Malster & Peter Stibbons,:Poppyland Publishing, ISBN 0 946 148 21 X</ref>. During the thirty years that she was the No 2 lifeboat at Cromer she was launched 55 times and was responsible for saving the lives of 20 people<ref name="srok2">''Cromer Lifeboats 1804-2004'', Leach, Nicholas & Russell, Paul, Pub: Tempus Publishing, 2004, ISBN 0-7524-3197-8</ref>. Dixon road in the southern suburb of Cromer is named after the Lifeboat.


==History==
==History==
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|October 9 || RNLB H F BAILEY of [[Cromer]], gave help landing 29 saved from [[SS Mount Ida]] ||
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|October 12-13||Steamship LINWOOD of [[Middlesbrough]], saved ||12
|October 12–13||Steamship LINWOOD of [[Middlesbrough]], saved ||12
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|December 12||Steamship CORBROOK of [[London]], stood by||
|December 12||Steamship CORBROOK of [[London]], stood by||
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|April 1||Speed boat DAY II, landed 2 from steamship DYNAMO||
|April 1||Speed boat DAY II, landed 2 from steamship DYNAMO||
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|September 11-12||Motor Trawler GEORGE LANGWAY of [[Fecamp]], gave help||
|September 11–12||Motor Trawler GEORGE LANGWAY of [[Fecamp]], gave help||
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|colspan="3"|'''1949'''
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Revision as of 09:57, 28 September 2010


Harriot Dixon ON 770
History
British RNLI Flag
OwnerRoyal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI)
BuilderGroves and Guttridge Ltd, Isle of Wight.
Official Number: ON 770
Donor: £3,750 Legacy of Mr William Edward Dixon, Worthing, West Sussex.
Station Cromer No2 Station
Launched1934
Christened27th August 1937, By the Rt Hon Sir Samuel Hoare
FateSold out of service in 1964 converted to cabin cruiser
General characteristics
TypeLiverpool motor
Length35 feet 6 inches (10.82 m) overall
Beam10 feet 3 inches (3.12 m)
Draught4 feet 5 inches (1.35 m)
Installed powerSingle Weyburn AE6 Diesel engine of 35 brake horsepower (26 kW)

The Harriot Dixon ON 770 was a lifeboat, stationed at Cromer in the county of Norfolk[1] in 1934, She was the number 2 lifeboat and was stationed at the old lifeboat house on Cromer beach.[2]. During the thirty years that she was the No 2 lifeboat at Cromer she was launched 55 times and was responsible for saving the lives of 20 people[3]. Dixon road in the southern suburb of Cromer is named after the Lifeboat.

History

The Liverpool class motor lifeboat Harriot Dixon was built by Groves and Guttridge Ltd, on the Isle of Wight[3]. She took up station at the beach lifeboat house on the 2nd August 1934[3] and remained at station as the No 2 lifeboat for thirty years until the 15th June 1964[3]. This lifeboat had been funded from a legacy of £3,750 left by William Edward Dixon, a surgeon, of West Worthing of the then county of Sussex (Now West Sussex)[3]. Mr Dixon had died in 1921 and had left the money to fund a lifeboat to be named after his mother and if possible to be stationed on the Kentish or east coast[3]. Harriot Dixon went on to be the longest serving motor lifeboat at Cromer.

Rescues and service

Date Casualty Lives Saved
1939
March 20 Motor vessel FOSNA of Bergen, landed a sick man
October 9 RNLB H F BAILEY of Cromer, gave help landing 29 saved from SS Mount Ida
October 12–13 Steamship LINWOOD of Middlesbrough, saved 12
December 12 Steamship CORBROOK of London, stood by
1940
February 13 Tanker BRITISH TRIUMPH of London, saved two boats
November 18 H M Trawler DUNGENESS, gave help
November 20 H M Trawler DUNGENESS, gave help
December 10 Steamship ROYSTON of Newcastle on Tyne, gave help
1941
March 11 Steamship KENTON of Newcastle, salvaged gear
April 1 H M Trawler VALEXA, landed 1
April 14 H M Trawler MADDEN and TAMORA, took out doctor landed 4 injured men
August 6 Steamship TAARA of Parnu, saved 8
September 9 to November 4 Steamship TEDDINGTON of London, gave help on 6 occasions
1942
November 4 H M Trawler, Brought papers ashore
December 3 Fishing boat MORNING STAR of Cromer, escorted boat
1947
October 26 Motor vessel GOLD GNOME of London, stood by and gave help
1948
April 1 Speed boat DAY II, landed 2 from steamship DYNAMO
September 11–12 Motor Trawler GEORGE LANGWAY of Fecamp, gave help
1949
January 26 Motor vessel FARNDALE of Middlesbrough, gave help
1950
February 6 Tree fishing boats of Cromer and one from Runton, escorted boats
June 17 Motor vessel GLAMIS of Dundee, landed a sick man
1953
May 31 Fisheries Protection vessel HMS CHEERFUL, landed passengers
June 5 Fishing boats MISS CROMER and WHY WORRY of Cromer, escorted boats
September 15 Fishing boat WHY WORRY of Cromer, escorted boat
1955
September 28 Steamship MOORWOOD of London, took out doctor
December 17 Three fishing boats of Cromer, escorted boats
1957
July 22 Yacht POCOCITA, stood by
1960
April 16 Fishing boat JUNE ROSE of Sheringham, escorted boat
1961
January 13 Motor vessel JURA of Groningen, gave help
August 15 Crab Fishing boats FRIENDSHIP, BLACK BEAUTY, WILLIAM ROBERT & ENGLISH ROSE of Cromer, escorted boats
1963
April 15 Steamship HUDSON SOUND of London, landed a sick man

References

  1. ^ OS Explorer Map 252 - Norfolk Coast East. ISBN 978 0 319 23815 8.
  2. ^ The Cromer Lifeboats, by Bob Malster & Peter Stibbons,:Poppyland Publishing, ISBN 0 946 148 21 X
  3. ^ a b c d e f Cromer Lifeboats 1804-2004, Leach, Nicholas & Russell, Paul, Pub: Tempus Publishing, 2004, ISBN 0-7524-3197-8
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