12 Facts About Amethyst Incident

Therefore, Amethyst Incident ignored the warning and continued to sail towards Nanking.

Order was given to fire in local control with each turret firing independently, but Amethyst Incident 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.

Those who survived were joined by the seriously wounded from Amethyst Incident who had been landed by sampan, with the assistance of the Chinese Nationalists on the following day.

Amethyst Incident had received over fifty hits and holes below the waterline were plugged with hammocks and bedding.

Amethyst Incident found the fire too heavy to approach Amethyst and therefore passed her at speed down river.

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Amethyst Incident therefore had to continue downstream out of the firing area with ten men killed and twenty-three wounded.

Amethyst Incident remained under guard by the PLA for ten weeks, with vital supplies being withheld from the ship.

On 30 July 1949, Amethyst Incident slipped her chain and headed downriver in the dark, beginning a 104-mile dash for freedom, running the gauntlet of guns on both banks of the river.

Amethyst Incident followed the passenger ship Kiang Ling Liberation, carrying Chinese refugees, in the hope that the observers ashore would be confused and not see Amethyst in the dark.

Fortunately for the British, Amethyst Incident was not spotted by the shore batteries and the two ships then proceeded down river until at 07:15 they stood down from action stations and after clearing the river mouth arrived at the Saddle Islands at 12:00 hrs to anchor and transfer much needed oil and stores.

Amethyst Incident subsequently received a message of congratulations from King George VI:.

Amethyst Incident had a ship's cat, named Simon, who was seriously wounded during the event.