High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! HMS Ladybird was an Insect-class gunboat of the Royal Navy, launched in 1916. This class are also referred to as "Large China Gunboats". Originally built to patrol the River Danube during World War I, she was later shipped to China to serve on the Yangtze River. On 12 December 1937, Ladybird, along with Bee became involved in the Panay incident and came under fire from a Japanese artillery unit near Wuhu on the Yangtze River. Ladybird was hit by six shells and Bee dodged a shell as she came upon the scene.

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