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.

References

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.