Yangtse Incident: The Story of H.M.S. Amethyst

Genre: action

Year Published: 1957

Creator: Michael Anderson

Credits: Cast: Richard Todd, William Hartnell

Description: HMS Amethyst sails up the Yangtze River on her way to Nanking, 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. Fifty-four of her crew are dead, dying or seriously wounded while others deteriorate from the tropical heat and the lack of essential medicines.

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