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Name Official number Flag IMO
BEE    GBR   
Year built Date launched Date completed
1916  08/12/1915   
Vessel type Vessel description
Naval Gunboat  Steel Screw Steamer 1 Mast 
Builder Yard Yard no
Ailsa Shipbuilding Co. Ltd., Troon   295 
 

Tonnage Length Breadth Depth Draft
660 grt / 645 nrt / 625 disp 237.0 ft  36.0 ft  8.6 ft  4.0 ft 
Engine builder ,
Engine detail
2 - Screw.(3 bladed) T3Cyl. (18, 26 & 39.5 - 18)in. 2 Yarrow boilers (mixed firing), 2000ihp giving 14kts 

First owner First port of register Registration date
The Admiralty     
Other names
 
Subsequent owner and registration history
 
Vessel history
River Gunboat. Insect class.  
Remarks
 
End year Fate / Status
1939  Broken Up 22/03/1939 
Disposal Detail
Sold 22/03/1939 and broken up at Shanghai. 
 

 

HMS Bee 1918 stripped for tow to Malta
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HMS Bee Flagship Yangtse
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Oahu-Bee-Ladybird Yangtze 30-12-1937
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HMS Bee Shanghai 1920
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HMS Bee following 1922 conversion.
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HMS Bee following 1922 conversion.
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