Initially built for service on the River Danube, after World War I the Insects were transported to China and served on the Yangtze River. In 1920, Bee became the flagship of the Yangtze patrol.
On 12 December 1937, Bee, along with Ladybird, became involved in the Panay incident and came under fire from a Japanese artillery unit near Wuhu on the Yangtze. Ladybird took six shells and Bee dodged a shell as she came upon the scene.
Bee was paid off in 1938 when the gunboatScorpion, the new flagship, arrived. She was sold in Shanghai for scrap on 22 March 1939 for £5,225.
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1915, other, ships, with, same, name, insect, class, gunboat, royal, navy, launched, december, 1915, this, class, also, known, large, china, gunboats, hankou, 1937historyunited, kingdomnamehms, beelaunched8, december, 1915fatesold, scrap, march, 1939general, c. For other ships with the same name see HMS Bee HMS Bee was an Insect class gunboat of the Royal Navy launched on 8 December 1915 This class are also known as Large China Gunboats HMS Bee at Hankou in 1937HistoryUnited KingdomNameHMS BeeLaunched8 December 1915FateSold for scrap 22 March 1939General characteristicsClass and typeInsect class gunboatDisplacement625 long tons 635 t Length237 ft 6 in 72 39 m Beam36 ft 11 m Draught4 ft 1 2 m Propulsion2 shaft VTE engines 2 Yarrow type mixed firing boilers 2000 IHPSpeed14 knots 16 mph 26 km h Complement55ArmamentAs built 2 BL 6 inch Mk VII guns 2 12 pounder guns 6 303 Maxim machine guns Variations 1 QF 2 pounder Pom Pom 1 QF 3 inch anti aircraft gun 303 Lewis machine gun Oerlikon 20 mm cannonArmourImprovisedInitially built for service on the River Danube after World War I the Insects were transported to China and served on the Yangtze River In 1920 Bee became the flagship of the Yangtze patrol On 12 December 1937 Bee along with Ladybird became involved in the Panay incident and came under fire from a Japanese artillery unit near Wuhu on the Yangtze Ladybird took six shells and Bee dodged a shell as she came upon the scene Bee was paid off in 1938 when the gunboat Scorpion the new flagship arrived She was sold in Shanghai for scrap on 22 March 1939 for 5 225 External links EditHistory of Yangtze River Patrol nbsp This article about a specific naval ship or boat of the United Kingdom is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title HMS Bee 1915 amp oldid 1091421155, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
