HMS Amethyst (F116) - Wikipedia
HMS Amethyst was a modified Black Swan -class sloop of the Royal Navy. She was laid down by Alexander Stephen and Sons of Linthouse, Govan, Scotland on 25 March 1942, launched on …
HMS Amethyst Incident, Yangtze River, China, 1949
This is a short introduction to the HMS Amethyst incident in the Yangtse River when she was fired on by Communist forces with heavy losses to herself and those ships that attempted to rescue …
What Was The Yangtze Incident? | Imperial War Museums
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 …
H.M.S. Amethyst - Submerged
H.M.S. Amethyst was a modified Black Swan class sloop built by Alexander Stevens and Sons in Govern Scotland and launched in 1943. During the Second World War she made her mark by …
HMS Amethyst (1943); Warship; Sloop - Royal Museums Greenwich
HMS ‘Amethyst’, a modified ‘Black Swan’-class sloop, was built by Alexander Stephen, Glasgow, in 1943. She was used as a mine-warfare vessel and, in this capacity was involved in the …
HMS Amethyst 1943 to 1946: As Bernard Hinchey remembers it
She didn't look much of a jewel that October day in 1943 when a couple of hundred matelots had their first look at HMS Amethyst in John Brown's Govan Dockyard.
Amethyst - SHIPS Project
Feb 14, 2024 · On Tuesday 19th March a Court Martial was held on board HMS Salvador del Mundo to try Captain Walton, the Officers and Ship’s Company for the loss of the Amethyst.