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remained guarded by the PLA for ten weeks, with vital supplies being withheld from the ship. Negotiations were ineffectual because Kerans would not accept the demand of Kang Yushao, the
Chinese Communist representative, that he admit the British state had wrongly invaded Chinese national waters (the
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had grounded in such a way that neither of the two forward gun turrets could bring their guns to bear on the PLA batteries, leaving the single stern turret to return fire. This turret was soon hit and disabled. None of the close-range weapons could be brought to bear on the PLA batteries. The shore
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Leslie Frank, was seriously injured and, as a result, the ship slewed to port and grounded on the river's bank. Before the ship grounded, the order to open fire had been given, but when the director layer pulled the firing trigger, nothing happened because the firing circuits were disabled when the
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was not detected by the shore batteries and the two ships then proceeded downriver until at 07:15 they ended action stations and after passing through the river's outlet arrived at the Saddle
Islands at 12:00 hrs to anchor and transfer much needed oil and stores.
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take over a piece of Asia by simply stacking a few guns, is over and never to return!" Even many of the
Nationalist troops on the south bank cheered the Communists as they bombarded the British warships. During the subsequent
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Chinese mess boys made it to the Kuomintang-controlled southern bank, but two men were assumed drowned while swimming ashore. Those who survived were joined by the seriously wounded from
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The first shell passed over the ship. Then the bridge, wheelhouse and low power room were hit in quick succession, Lieutenant
Commander Skinner was wounded mortally, and all the bridge personnel were disabled. The
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to stay away from the war zone. The salvo fell well short of the ship, and was assumed by the ship's officers to be part of a regular bombardment of
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if it was bombarded by the shore batteries at Wusong. To achieve this it had moved up the
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my hearty congratulations on their daring exploit to rejoin the Fleet. The courage, skill and determination shown by all on board have my highest commendation.
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s chain was slipped and the ship headed downriver in the dark, beginning a dash to escape from the
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was re-floated just after midnight on 21 April, after the ship was lightened, and it moved up river. The Assistant British Naval Attaché, Lieutenant Commander
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Hostage on the Yangtze: Britain, China, and the Amethyst Crisis of 1949
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and three Union flags, steaming down from Nanjing, at 29
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1 heavy cruiser, 1 destroyer and 1 frigate slightly damaged
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Yangtze Showdown: China and the Ordeal of the HMS Amethyst
1541:"THE YANGTZE INCIDENT 1949 – BRITAIN'S LAST WAR IN CHINA"
1515:"HMS AMETHYST INCIDENT, YANGTSE RIVER, April to May 1949"
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Bernard Skinner, was cruising on the river Yangtze from
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1855:. Roundtuit Publishing. p. 93.
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2582:People's Republic of China
1539:Felton, Mark (July 2015).
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824:Description
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2336:Black Swan
2292:Queen Mary
2261:Implacable
2169:Swan Point
2058:Shipwrecks
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1502:References
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136:1949-04-20
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2813:1945–1949
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2330:grounding
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2099:Guararema
1387:Chairman
1325:Aftermath
1306:George VI
1288:replaced
1283:HMS
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871:HMS
852:HMS
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782:HMS
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768:HMS
746:Communist
693:Aftermath
682:Guningtou
641:Beleaguer
398:7 wounded
391:HMS
330:HMS
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316:HMS
309:HMS
302:HMS
55:June 2024
39:summarize
2987:Jiangyin
2886:Incident
2884:Amethyst
2875:Incident
2844:incident
2595:Pre-1945
2532:Red Army
2361:19 Oct:
2325:Amethyst
2321:26 Apr:
2303:Amethyst
2299:20 Apr:
2250:Chehalis
2239:Fournier
2218:19 Sep:
2208:14 Sep:
2201:Chaksang
2187:26 Aug:
2180:Philomel
2166:31 Jul:
2156:21 Jun:
2146:20 Jun:
2126:25 Apr:
2116:30 Mar:
2106:17 Mar:
2089:Katowice
2066:27 Jan:
2010:24 March
1985:27 April
1955:Archived
1928:BBC News
1851:(2007).
1837:page 191
1791:Ye Fei.
1454:Amethyst
1444:Amethyst
1415:Suspense
1371:, named
1365:Amethyst
1355:Amethyst
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960:Amethyst
955:Amethyst
933:coxswain
925:Amethyst
921:Kiangyin
917:Amethyst
901:Amethyst
897:Amethyst
884:fire, a
863:Shanghai
854:Amethyst
840:and the
770:Amethyst
730:incident
728:Amethyst
699:Xinjiang
672:Shanghai
652:Liaoshen
527:Jyutping
364:Amethyst
304:Amethyst
296:Strength
153:Jiangyin
148:Location
138: –
114:Amethyst
97:and the
87:incident
85:Amethyst
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2364:Liberté
2350:1 May:
2314:Consort
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2257:2 Dec:
2246:7 Oct:
2235:4 Oct:
2220:US FWS
2211:Noronic
2198:7 Sep:
2191:Cochino
2176:8 Aug:
2139:Norjerv
2136:3 Jun:
2109:Galatée
2096:4 Mar:
2086:1 Mar:
2079:Prenton
2076:9 Feb:
2069:Taiping
1819:3639947
1345:Future
1298:Concord
1290:Concord
1285:Cossack
1278:Jamaica
1268:Concord
1252:Concord
1241:Concord
1231:Baoshan
1090:Consort
1086:Consort
1078:Consort
1070:Consort
1062:Consort
1058:Consort
1046:Consort
1032:Consort
1009:Consort
985:Consort
893:battery
873:Consort
867:Nanjing
811:Western
784:Consort
761:British
687:Wanshan
662:Pingjin
657:Huaihai
373:Consort
332:Concord
311:Consort
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2222:Scoter
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1524:15 May
1494:event.
1449:Magpie
1367:had a
1235:Wusong
1186:Escape
1167:Ye Fei
1145:London
1131:London
1120:London
977:sampan
888:(PLA)
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791:London
766:ships
677:Hainan
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318:London
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1952:1951.
1815:JSTOR
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1756:1 May
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836:-led
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2868:1949
2836:1948
2826:1947
2789:1946
2775:1945
2757:1944
2732:1936
2650:1927
2630:1926
2620:1924
2610:1923
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2377:1948
2237:ARA
2012:2023
2005:IMDb
1987:2016
1936:2019
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1758:2016
1726:ISBN
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1582:2019
1569:ISBN
1548:2019
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