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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.
The Yangtze Incident? 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.
HMS Amethyst (Lieutenant-Commander Skinner) sailed from Shanghai on 19th April to relieve HMS Consort at Nanking. Fired at on 20th at around 0900, 60 miles from Nanking and grounded on Rose Island with heavy casualties, about 60 crew landed and many made their way to Shanghai with Chinese help.
On the open bridge of the sloop HMS Amethyst, Lieutenant-Commander Bernard Skinner raised his binoculars and searched the banks of the wide Yangtze River, his Chinese river pilot calling out small course corrections to avoid the many sandbars and navigation hazards.
The Communists opened heavy fire on Consort but to those in the Amethyst, she was a fine and inspiring sight tearing down river at 28 knots with a great bow wave and all her guns blazing and doing great execution amongst the Communist batteries.
Apr 5, 2020 · The thrilling but largely unknown story of the naval battle Britain fought deep inside China up the Yangtze River in 1949. In Part 1, HMS Amethyst is attacked on her to way to Nanking.
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Oct 5, 2007 · Twenty one Officers and men were killed and 28 wounded. Consort sailed from Nanking and attempted to help Amethyst but she came under devastating fire, crippled, she managed to escape down river. Some of Amethyst's crew were landed to reduce casualties from the continuing gunfire.
