HMS Bee

HMS Bee

Two vessels and two shore establishments of the Royal Navy have been named HMS "Bee", after the insect, the Bee. A third ship was ordered but never completed:

hips

*HMS|Bee|1842|6 was a wooden screw and paddle vessel launched in 1842 and broken up in 1874.
*HMS|Bee|1915|6 was an Insect class gunboat launched in 1915 and sold in 1939.
*HMS "Bee" was to have been another river patrol boat. She was ordered in 1939, but cancelled in 1940.

hore establishments

* HMS "Bee" was a Coastal Forces Motor Launch working up base at Weymouth in commission between 1942 and 1943.
* HMS "Bee" was a Coastal Forces ML working up base at Holyhead, taking over from the previous base in 1943 and being paid off in 1945.Other shore establishments have borne similar names
*HMS "Beecroft" was a naval base in Nigeria between 1960 and 1978.
*HMS "Beehive" was a Coastal Forces base at Felixstowe between 1940 and 1945.

References

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