In 1949 advancing Communist forces trapped the British naval vessel H.M.S. Amethyst in this river
[DOC] [TLE] HERBERT William James Beard - Room 405 [PAR] May 31, 2016 ... William volunteered for the Royal Navy on 8th October 1930, a day ... William 
served aboard a number of ships and shore establishments ... on the Yangtze 
River during the Chinese attack on HMS Amethyst; when .... Amethyst became 
trapped by advancing Communist Chinese forces up the Yangtze River.