Search results
- On 19 April 1949, the Royal Navy frigate HMS Amethyst sails up the Yangtze River on her way to Nanjing, the Chinese capital, to deliver supplies to the British Embassy. Suddenly, without warning, People's Liberation Army (PLA) shore batteries open fire and, after a heavy engagement, Amethyst lies grounded in the mud and badly damaged.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yangtse_Incident:_The_Story_of_H.M.S._Amethyst
People also ask
What happened to the Amethyst in 1949?
What was the Amethyst Incident?
When was Amethyst re-floated?
What happened to HMS Amethyst?
Where did the Amethyst go?
Why did the Amethyst go to Nanking?
The Amethyst incident, also known as the Yangtze incident, was a historic event that occurred on the Yangtze River for three months in the summer of 1949, during the late phase of the Chinese Civil War.
For outstanding courage and devotion to duty in HMS AMETHYST when she was fired upon by Chinese military forces while she was proceeding to Nanking on 20th April, 1949; and subsequently when forced to remain for three months in the Yangtze River under the constant watch of shore batteries until she made her daring escape down the River on the ...
In April 1949, with civil war raging in China between the Chinese Communist People's Liberation Army and Nationalist Kuomintang forces, the frigate (a type of warship) HMS Amethyst was ordered up the Yangtze River to act as a guardship for the British Embassy in Nanjing.
H.M.S. Amethyst (Lieutenant-Commander Skinner) sailed from Shanghai on 19 April 1949 to relieve H.M.S. Consort at Nanking. She was fired at on 20 April 1949 at around 0900hrs, 60 miles from Nanking; she was grounded on Rose Island with heavy casualties, about 60 crew landed and many made their way to Shanghai with Chinese help.
During the early hours of 30 July 1949, the Amethyst slipped her chain and quietly moved downriver towards Shanghai, beginning a hazardous 104-mile dash for freedom. By now, the Communists had crossed the river and established gun batteries on both banks.
Jun 10, 2004 · On April 20 1949, as the civil war between Chinese Communists and Nationalists entered its final stages, Berger navigated the frigate HMS Amethyst up the Yangtze River to protect British interests at Nanking.
Amethyst sailed from Hong Kong on 12th April, and on 19th April left Shanghai to go up the Yangtse to Nanking. She anchored that night and early next morning started up river again.
