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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 commenced, that peace was shattered,
integ
HUNGER STRIKE
Workers Refuse To Leave Factory
workers
In the middle of August the Bee went down to Nanking, teaving the
of the Itear-Admiral at Hankow, and there Eight hundred slic remained until the end of No-Chung Hiva Doolt Company Ltd., vember. During that time there which bor large factory in Ma Tau were. c course, many air raids and Kuk, Tokwawan, near the Kowloon although the Japanese bombed build-Riding School, are on a hunger strike within half-a-mile of the ship in protest against the dismissal of on numerous occasions not so much 71 werkers. Yesterday the strikers asplinter dropped on board. On refused to leave the compound of September 20, the day before the the factory, but their behaviour was Japanese had stated that Nanking orderly, would be severely bombed, the staff The strikers constitute but part of of the British Embassy embarked on the Company's employees, of whom It is always a sad moment when the time approaches to say the Bee, the Intter returning to the there are over 1,700, being those in Rood-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 town and had carried out ments.
Most of the workers are from news that the career of H.M.S. Bec, the 'Grand Old Lady of the their threat. On November 22 the
among them aro Yangtse," has come to an end, says the A. C. D. News. Although Embassy staff was taken on board Shanghat though the vessel is still officially in commission, with the arrival of H.M.S.nce more and the ship sailed on the bout 500 Contonese, Including about
300 women. followinst day for Hankow.
Опе During the second week In Decem- Scorpion from Hongkong the Bee will be sold to be broken-up.
of Shanghai's biggest printing H.M.S. Scorpion, a new vessel of 585 tons, recently left the Colony ber the report spread that the Japan-companies, the Chung Hwa opened for Shanghai.
ese would break through the Klangits Hongkong factory, after the Sino- From Royalty downwards for the tee was converted into a flagship for in boom and enter the Yangtse pro- Japanese hostilities in Shunghal in Duke of Kent, as Prince George, the Rear-Admiral, Yangtse, and it and so on December 10 the Beci 1933.
Hankow flying the sing of Rear- served in the Bee on the Yangtse was in this year that her lines were) Admiral R. V. Holt. From then strike some months ago when polico
er,
the now
O'Donnell
It will be recalled that workers. untii in the shop organised a sit-down
time
there will be many who recall both altered. Built originally as a gun- Christmas all aboard had more x- dangerous and pleasant experiences boat of the Insect class, her 6-inch eltement than they bargained for. Intervention was secured.
Two day an inambers of the gunboat's crew gun was removed and the Admiral's Two days after leaving Hankow the she carried them through the Mediter-quarter placed in that position. Some vessel arrived at Wuhu, 20 minuten 11.M.S. Ladybird, which were leaving ranean. the River Tigrin and Far years later, in the stammer of 1920, after
famous Ladybird for Shanghal. Eastern waters, states the North the foremost 6-inch gun was removed incident, and although one ahell was On December 23 Rear-Admiral Holt China, During recent years her a wardroom crected on the fore-red at the ship (fortunately it transferred his command to the Cocks- name has become even more whiclycastle.
missed its objective) the Bee war chafer at the Matung boom and the known as a result of adventures on Since her arrival in China watera saved from a similar fate to the Lady-Bee once more returned to Wuhu. the Yangtze during the hostilities.
Bee served under many dis-bird by the promp! For some weeks past the Bee has tinguished officers of the Navy who.) Captain G. E. Mervention of From that time until she came to
and Shanghai the Bee spent her cupied a bels as the British naval at the thie, occupied the office of Lieut-Col. Lovat Friser (II. M. plying between hero and that city.
in the Whangpoo
angpoe River, follow-Rear-Admiral, Yangise. These in Military Attache), who, nt great Perhaps the most famous person- sojourn at the Yangisecluded Rear-Admirals R. A. Craw-personal risk, ran towards the Japan-ality to serve aboard the vessel was
where
was ford Machluchtan (1921-23),
and ordered ese battery
to the Duke of Kent, fourth non of the stripped of her guns other | Anderson (1023-25), J. E.
ccase Are.
late King George V. and brother of offered being machinery prior to
for (1925-27, 11. J. Tweedle
Panay Bombing
the present King. As Prince George sale. As she Jeft docit some C. K. Maclean (1020-31). R. A. S
On the following morning news he was a familiar Agure in British weeks ago there must have been H (1931-33), F. G. G. Chilton was received that the U.S.S. Panay circles in Ilankow where he was many whose minds flew back to that (1933-35), L. G. E. Crabbe, (1830- had been bombed and stuk and at kaown and respected for his de- inemorable day in 1916 when she 37), and the present Rear-Admiral, 12 noon the Bee proceeded down the mocratic principles and for the fact slipped down the stocks of the Alle 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, 1037. pared to do his best to aid any same life as all other officers and men a small but very important unit of
survivors of the terrible incident.
At on the Yangtse station and aboard the the Royal Navy.
1100
she
and
of
them
p.m. that afternoon a huge column Bee. of ally black smoke was seen emanat. Possessing as great a reputation in ing, as was perceived later, from the Yangtse eireles as ILM.S. Robin on two blazing Socony oilers which had the Peart River. 1.M.S. Bee was e been bombed at the same time as familiar sight to all British and other the Panay. That same evening the residents up and down the Yangtse Bee picked up 12 survivors from the and in the port of Shanghal itself. ullers and from the Panay on the As she fluishes a long term of faithful south bank of the river and the news service the words "Well done" must was imparted that some of the re-be written boldly over her records.
Communist Brushes The Yangtse career of the Bee has Sent East In 1918
provided plenty of action for those The second of her name-the first serving aboard her and many times Bee was a screw paddle tug of 34 her guns have fired salvoes, not of tons displacement built at Chatham all of them being during her regular and launched on February 29, 1942 practices. From 1930 to 1932, dusting 11.M.S. Bee is of 845 tons displace which time the Bee spent most of her ment and was built by the Ailsa Con-time in the Middle and Slang Rivers, pany during the Great War. Com-she opened fire on many ocensions on pleted in 1918, she left Troon on Communists who peppered the vessel minder were on the north bank of March 22 of that year for Milford from the banks of the river at a time the stream. Haven
and later for service in the when they were creating plenty of Before dawn, a search party led by Mediterranean. Reaching Port Said troublr in those areas.
The artilery Rear-Admiral Holt himself left the
in October, 1010, she was employed used in these actions wer
were her
her 3- ship to
to search for the survivors and
on Suez Canni service from then until inch and Lewis guns and wherever by 10.30 am, hnd gained contact with May, In June of that year the the milled the lule vessel could deal them by telephone, but, as they were always more than she received. many miles Ininnd nothing could be River
1927 the spent Hohsien the
Bee, io Mesopotamia on the
out
Kai-shek,
Kill Kidney
Trouble Quick
Thousands of sufferers from Kidney
ver Tigris, 1918 she left for the thue at Chungking, now the head-turned to the ship to arrange the toppen and Binder weakness ph Fur East arriving at the China Station quarters uf Generalissimo Chiang embarkation for that evening. At | Strains Under Eyen, Swollen Ankles, In April, having made the
the Klawo, now owned by 4.30 p.m., the party again went iness, Lambagy, Burning, Sthing, mart passage
Nervousness, Buiffness, Rheumallam, D- from Muscat to Hongkong in three Jardines, becoming temporary flag shore to Hohslen to await the arrival Ing, Acially and Lowa of Vigour or a Doc- months. Arriving at Shanghai In the hip. From the time unill 1937 Mtle of the men from the Panay, but it tur's new discovery called Cystez (Bina- same month, H.M.S. Bee commenced w heard of the ship and for the was not until 10.30 that they were heals, raw sore kidneys. In 16 minutes
tox). Gently noother, tonen, cleans, and her 20 years' service up and down the Grabbe's form of office everything was nighted, all of them being embarked Cystex starts purifying your blood, Drinza Yangtse from that date.
Arst year and a half of Rear-Admiral by 11 nm. the following morning to Guaranteed to and your troubles in 3 days nów health, youth and vitality in 48 hours, From May to October, 1921, the 'peaceful-in fact more so than it had | be transferred to the U.S.S. Oahu and or money back, Get Cystoz at all chemiiats
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