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Description: | The boat badge of HMS 'Bee' 1915. Official pattern approved in 1924. The badge is diamond-shaped with a gold rope twist border representing a naval auxiliary. The design depicts a beehive and four bees gold, on a blue field. The badge is cast brass, painted and drilled at the corners. HMS 'Bee' was a river gunboat launched at Troon in 1915. Between the wars she served on the Yangtze River and was scrapped in 1939 in Shanghai.
caption: Record Shot - Do not reproduce. | Publisher: | "http://collections.rmg.co.uk/" | Rights holder: | "Royal Museums Greenwich" | Subjects: | Bee 1915 (HMS) boat badges | Source: | Royal Museums Greenwich | Identifier: | http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections... | Go to resource |
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