In 1949 advancing Communist forces trapped the British naval vessel H.M.S. Amethyst in this river
[DOC] [TLE] Amethyst Incident - Wikipedia [PAR] The Amethyst Incident, also known as the Yangtze Incident, in 1949 involved the 
British Royal Navy ship HMS Amethyst being trapped on the Yangtze River for 
three .... During the negotiations the Communists insisted that the British ship 
fired ... in 1988 the PLA commander Ye Fei admitted that it was his troops that 
fired first.