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50. Queen's Road Central, 1st Floor.
December 22, 1938.
GRAND OLD LADY OF YANGTSE
H.M.S. Bee To Be Sold For Breaking-Up
been for years, but in the summer of 1937, when the Sino-Japanese hostilities commented, that peace was shattered.
of
HUNGER STRIKE Workers Refuse, To
Leave Factory Eight hundred
300 women.
workeri of the
In the middle of August the Bee went down to Nanking, leaving the Rear-Admiral at Hankow, and there she remained until the end of No-Chung Hwa Book Company Ltd., vember.
During that time there which has a large factory in Ma Tau were, course, many air raids and Kok, Tolewawan, near the Kowloon although the Japaneso bombed build-Riding School, are on a hunger strike Ings within half-a-mile of the ship in protest against the dismissal of on numerous occasions not so much 71 workers. Yesterday the strikers
the compoundi as a splinter dropped on
On refused to leave on board.
ot September 20, the day before the the factory, but their behaviour was Japanese hatt stated that Nanising orderly. would be severely bombed, the staff The atrikers constitute but part of It is always a sad moment when the time approaches to say the Bee, the latter returning to the there are over 1,700, being those in
the British Embassy embarked on the Company's employees, of whom good-bye to a friend, and it will be with such emotions that present city shortly after the raiders had the printing and hand-press depart- and past officers and men of the British Yangtse Flotilla learn the visited the lawn and had carried out ments.
threat.
On November 22 the Most of the workers uro from news that the career of H.M.S. Bee, the 'Grand Old Lady of the their
among them are Yanglee," has come to an end, says the N. C. 17. News. Although Embassy stall was taken on board Shanghal though the vessel is still officially in commission, with the arrival of H.M.S.once more and the ship sailed on the about 500 Cantonese, including about
following day for Hankow. Scorpion from Hongkong the Bee will be sold to be broken-up. During the second week in Decem-| “One of Shanghul's biggest printing H.M.S. Scorpion, a new vessel of 585 tons, recently left the Colonyber the report spread that the Japan- companies, the Chung Hwa upened for Shanghai.
ese would break through the Kinng Its Hongkong factory, after the Sino- yin boom
boom and enter the Yongise pro-Japanese hostilities in Shanghai In From Royally downwards-for the fee was converted into a flagship for ner, and so on December 10 the Beo 1013. Duke of Kent, as Prince George, the Rear-Adiniral, Yangtze, and left Hankow flying the
I will be recalled that workers fi of Rear- served in the Bee on the Yangtse was in this year that her lines were Admiral R. V. Holt. From then until the shop organised a. sit-down there will be many who recall both altered. Built originally a gun- Christmas all aboard had more nx-strike some months ago when polles dangerous and pleasant experioncos bout of the Insect clana, her 0-inch citoment than they bargained for.
member of
of the gunboat's crew as gun was removed and the Admiral's Two days after leaving lankow the whic carried them through the Mediter= | quarter pinced in that position. Some ranean, the River
Tigris and Far years Inter, in the summer of 1928. ft) arrived at Wuhu, 20 minutes H.M.S. Ladybird, which were leaving
after The now famous Ladybird for Shanghál.
On December 23 Rear-Admiral Holt Eastern waters, states the North the foremost 6-inch gun was removed incident, and although one shell was China. During recent years her and a wardroom erected on the fore-fired at the ship
(fortunately it transferred his command to the Cock- name has become even more widely castle.
missed its objective) the Bee was chafer the Matung boom and the known as a result of adventures on Since her arrival in China waters saved from a similar fate to the LadyBee once more returned to Wuhu. the Yangtze during the hostililles. the Bee served under many din bird by the prompt intervention of From that time until she came to For same weeks post the Bee has tinguished officers of the Navy who. Captain G. E. M. O'Donnell and Shanghai, the Bee spent her time
berth at the British naval at the time, occupied the office of Lieut-Col. Lovat Fraser occupied
(H. M.
between here and that city. plying buoys in the Whangpoo River, follow- Rear-Admiral, Yungtia. These in Military Attache), who, at great Perhaps the most famous person- Ing a lengthy sojourn at the Yangtse- cluded Rear-Admirals R. A. Craw-personal risk, ran towards the Japan-ality to serve aboard the vessel was 100 Dockyards where she was ford Machlachlan (1921-23), D. M. ese battery and ordered them to the Duke of Kent, fourth son of the stripped of her guns and other Anderson (1823-25), J. E. Cameron cease fire.
late King George V. and brother of Prince George machinery prior to being offered for (1925-27), H J. Tweedie (1927-29),
Fanay Bombing
As Prince sule.
the present King. As she left the dock some C. K. Maclean (1928-31). I. A. On the following morning news he was a familiar figure in British weeks ago there must have been Hill (103(-33), F. G. G. Chilton was received that the U.S.S. Panay circles in Hunkow where he was many whose minds flew back to that (1933-15), L. G. E. Crabbe (1938-had been bombed and sunk and at known and respected for his dow memorable day in 1910 when she 37), and the present Rear-Admiral, 12 noon the Bee proceeded down the mocratie principles and for the fact slipped down the stocks of the Ailsa Yangtse, R. V. Holt, who assumed river with everyone on board pre- that he asked no favours, sharing the shipyard to commence her career as the position in December, 1937.
pared to do his bent to aid any same life as all other officers and men a small but very important unit of
survivors of the terrible incident. the Royal Navy.
Sent East in 1918
Intervention was secured.
Bec.
Possessing as great a reputation in
Communist Brushes
2 p.m. that afternoon at huge columat on the Yangtse station and aboard the The Yangtse career of the Bee has of olly black smoke was seen emanat vanatse circles as H.M.S. Robin on provided plenty of action for those ing, as was perceived later, from the The second of her name the first serving aboard her and many times two blazing Secony oilers which had the Pearl River, H.M.S. Bee was a Bee was a screw paddle tug of 34 her guns have fired salvoes, not of been bombed at the same time as familiar sight to all British and other tons displacement bullt at Chatham all of them being during her regular the Panay. That same evening the residents up and down the Yangtse and launched on February 20, 1842-practices. From 1930 to 1932, during Bee picked up 12 survivors from the and in the port of Shanghai itself. H.M.S. Bee is of 645 tons displace- which time the Bee spent most of her oilers and from the Panay on the As she fluishes a long term of faithful ent and was bulit by the Ailsa Com-time in the Middle and Slong Rivers, south basic of the river and the news service the words "Well done" must pany during the Great War. Com- she opened fire on many occasions on was imparted that come of the re- be written boldly over her records. pleted in 1916. she left Troon on Communists who peppered the vessel
mainder were on the north bank of March 22
22 of that year for. Milford from the banks of the river at a time the stream. Haven and Inter
for service in the when they were creating plenty of Before dawn, a search party led by Mediterranean. Reaching Port Sald trouble in those areas. The artillery Rear-Admiral Holt himself left the in October, 1910, she was employed used in these actions were her 3-ship to search for the survivors and on Suez Canal service from then until inch and Lewis guns and wherever by 10.30 am. had gained contact with May
1017. In June of that year the she sailed the Utile vessel could deal them by telephone, but, as they were Bee served in Mesopotamia on the out always more than she received. many miles inland nothing could be River Tigris.
In 1927 the Bee spent most of her done at Hohslen and so the par
party re- In January, 1918 she left for the time at Chungking, now the head-turned to the ship to arrange the oppad Retting Up Nights, Leg Pains. A trouble and Bladder weakness_HAYO Far East arriving at the China Station quarters of Generalissimo Chiang embarkation for that evening. At Circles Under Eyos, Hwollon Ankles, in April, having made the passage Kal-stick, the Kiawo, now owned by 4.30 pm., the party again went arounne Stiffness, Rheumation, Diz-
siness, Lumbago, Burning. Itching. Emari- from Muscat to Hongkong in three Jardines, becoming temporary flag- ashore to Hohsien to await the arrival ing, Acidity and Loss of our by a Hon- months. Arriving at Shanghal in the ship. From this time until 1937 little of the men from the Panny, but it's new discovery called Cystex, (Blus- some month, IM.S. Bee commenced was heard at the ship and for the was not until 10.30 that they were hot tarta puritying your blood. Brings tax). Contly soothes, tones, cleans, and her 20 years' service up and down the rabbe's term of office everything was sighted. all of them being embarked now health, youth and vitality in 8 hours. raw sore kidasya. In 10 minutes Yangtse from that date.
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