Boats - Sailing - Ships
Feb. 26 The end of a brave little ship. H.M.s. Amethyst in Breaker's yard.: One of the most famous little ships of the British navy - H.M.S. Amethyst )1, 490 tons) nears an unglorious and in the breaker's Yard in Sutton Pool, Plymouth. The vessel created a sensation throughout the world when she made her amazing escape down the Yangste River away from a Communist trap in 1949. The vessel had a short reprieve recently when she was used for the filming of Yangste Incident'. Photo shows the bows of H.M.S. Amethyst are cut away - at the breakers Yard at Sutton Pool, Plymouth
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