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Mar 3, 2010 · When the HMS Amethyst made her daring escape on July 30, 1949, the HMS Concord entered the Chinese territorial waters of the Yangtze to escort and cover the Amethyst past the massive guns of the...
In the early morning of 20th April 1949, HMS Amethyst was fulfilling orders to travel to Nanking to stand guard for the British Embassy during the height of the Chinese Civil War when she was fired upon by guns from the riverbank.
Nov 14, 2021 · Originally published in 1957, C.E. Lucas Phillips' Escape of the Amethyst presents a detailed account of the Amethyst Incident based on the testimony of the namesake ship's occupants and aids.
On 30 July 1949, Amethyst's chain was slipped and the ship headed downriver in the dark, beginning a dash to escape from the Yangtze River by following in the wake of the civilian ship Kiang Ling Liberation, a fully-lit passenger vessel carrying Chinese refugees, allegedly in the hope that the observers ashore would be confused and not see the ...
The astounding true story of the ordeal and escape of the British frigate Amethyst from Chinese Communist batteries in the Yangtze River in April 1949. Ideal for readers of Giles Milton, Maurice Buckmaster and Ben Macintyre.
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The astounding true story of the ordeal and escape of the British frigate Amethyst from Chinese Communist batteries in the Yangtze River in April 1949. Ideal for readers of Giles Milton, Maurice Buckmaster and Ben Macintyre.
