HMS Dee explained

A number of ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Dee, after one or other of the British rivers called the Dee.

• , a sixth-rate frigate (or corvette) built by Jabez Bayley in Ipswich, launched in May 1814, commissioned at Sheerness in October 1814, and sold in July 1819.^{[1] [2] [3]}
• HMS Dee was to have been a flush-decked brig (or brig-sloop) ordered from Woolwich dockyard in March 1823, and re-ordered as a paddle-steamer in May 1824.^{[4] [5]}
• , a paddle steamer built by Woolwich dockyard, launched in May 1832, that served until June 1871, and broken up at Sheerness in October 1871.^{[6] [7]}
• , a flatiron gunboat built by Palmer, launched in April 1877, and sold in 1902.^{[8] [9]}
• , a built by Palmer, launched in September 1903, completed in May 1903,^[10] and sold in 1919.^[11]
• , a patrol boat launched in 1955 was renamed HMS Dee whilst serving as the training tender to the Mersey Division of the Royal Naval Reserve.

References

• Roger Chesneau, Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921, published Conway Maritime Press, 1985.
• Robert Gardiner, Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905, published Conway Maritime Press, 1979.
• David Lyon and Rif Winfield, The Sail & Steam Navy List, all the ships of the Royal Navy 1815-1889, pub Chatham Publishing, 2003,
• Rif Winfield, British Warships in the Age of Sail 1793-1817, pub Chatham Publishing, 2005,
• Rif Winfield, British Warships in the Age of Sail 1817-1863: Design, Construction, Careers & Fates, pub Seaforth Publishing, 2014,

Notes and References

1. Winfield, British Warships in the Age of Sail 1793-1817, p240.
2. Lyon & Winfield, The Sail & Steam Navy List, all the ships of the Royal Navy 1815-1889, p68.
3. Winfield, British Warships in the Age of Sail 1817-1863: Design, Construction, Careers & Fates, p175.
4. Lyon & Winfield, The Sail & Steam Navy List, all the ships of the Royal Navy 1815-1889, p124.
5. Winfield, British Warships in the Age of Sail 1817-1863: Design, Construction, Careers & Fates, p244.
6. Lyon & Winfield, The Sail & Steam Navy List, all the ships of the Royal Navy 1815-1889, p150.
7. Winfield, British Warships in the Age of Sail 1817-1863: Design, Construction, Careers & Fates, p297.
8. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905 p. 112.
9. Lyon & Winfield, The Sail & Steam Navy List, all the ships of the Royal Navy 1815-1889, p281
10. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905 p. 100.
11. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921 p. 18.