the Royal Navy have been named HMS Bee, after the insect, the bee. A third ship was ordered but never completed: HMS Bee was a 79-foot schooner rigged...
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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". Initially built...
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Look up bee, bees, or Bees in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. A bee is a flying insect. Bee, BEE or The Bee may also refer to: Bee, Kentucky, an unincorporated...
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period, HMS Bee and HMS Tecumseth (c. 1994). The ships no longer sail with passengers but they may be visited in the harbour. The original HMS Tecumseth...
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30th MTB Flotilla under Lt. Ragnvald Tamber. After being worked up at HMS Bee shore base at Weymouth, they were based at Lerwick in the Shetland Islands...
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BRNC HMS Raleigh Northwood HQ Rosyth Dockyard HMS Vulcan HMNB Devonport HMNB Portsmouth HMS Jufair Mare Harbour RAF Mount Pleasant Stanley HMS Drake...
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Judy (dog) (section HMS Gnat)
Insect-class gunboat HMS Gnat voted to get a ship's mascot. This was due in part to the competitive nature of the gunboats, with HMS Bee, Cicada, and Cricket...
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War II (1939–1945), the first Coastal Forces headquarters was set up at HMS Vernon in 1940 under Rear Admiral Piers Kekewich, Flag Officer Coastal Forces...
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gunboats, HMS Ladybird and HMS Bee, came under fire from a Japanese artillery unit near Wuhu on the Yangtze River. Ladybird was hit by six shells, and Bee dodged...
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HMS Manchester was a Type 42 (Batch 3) destroyer in the 5th Destroyer Squadron of the United Kingdom's Royal Navy. She was laid down in 1978 at Vickers...
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