Year: 2022 Language: english Author: C.E. Lucas Phillips Performer: Dennis Kleinman Genre: Naval Forces Military History Publisher: Tantor Audio Type: audiobook Audio codec: MP3 Audio bitrate: 64 kbps Description: The astounding true story of the ordeal and escape of the British frigate Amethyst from Chinese Communist batteries in the Yangtze River in April 1949. In the early morning of 20th April 1949, HMS Amethyst was fulfilling orders to travel to Nanking to stand guard for the British Embassy during the height of the Chinese Civil War when she was fired upon by guns from the riverbank. Shells pounded into the ship, killing the commanding officer and destroyed the bridge before the ship grounded on the bank. How did the Amethyst escape the battering of Chinese Communist guns? Additional info: Audible Release Date May 31, 2022
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Escape of the Amethyst
Language: english
Author: C.E. Lucas Phillips
Performer: Dennis Kleinman
Genre: Naval Forces Military History
Publisher: Tantor Audio
Type: audiobook
Audio codec: MP3
Audio bitrate: 64 kbps
Description: The astounding true story of the ordeal and escape of the British frigate Amethyst from Chinese Communist batteries in the Yangtze River in April 1949.
In the early morning of 20th April 1949, HMS Amethyst was fulfilling orders to travel to Nanking to stand guard for the British Embassy during the height of the Chinese Civil War when she was fired upon by guns from the riverbank.
Shells pounded into the ship, killing the commanding officer and destroyed the bridge before the ship grounded on the bank.
How did the Amethyst escape the battering of Chinese Communist guns?
Additional info: Audible Release Date May 31, 2022
Escape of the Amethyst
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