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Yangtse Incident, by Lawrence Earl. The story of H.M.S. Amethyst's memorable dash down the Yangtse after 101 days under Communist guns (TIME, July...
Yangtse Incident, by Lawrence Earl. The story of H.M.S. Amethyst's memorable dash down the Yangtse after 101 days under Communist guns (TIME, July...
Yangtse Incident, by Lawrence Earl. The story of H.M.S. Amethyst'?, memorable nighttime dash down the Yangtse after 101 days under Communist guns (TIME, July...
Yangtse Incident, by Lawrence Earl. The story of H.M.S. Amethyst's memorable nighttime dash down the Yangtse after 101 days under Communist guns (TIME, July...
Only once did the Amethyst get into dangerously shallow water. Below the boom, she met a patrol boat; Kerans decided to speed by as close as possible, thus give the smaller enemy craft a minimum chance to rake his decks. The Amethyst scraped by with a bare 18 inches to spare. Then a junk without lights loomed up ahead and was sliced in two. Then the biggest guns of all, at Woosung, were safely passed, and the Amethyst was in the clear. In the wide mouth of the Yangtse, she met H.M.S. Concord and the sweaty, half-starved crew...