In 1949 advancing Communist forces trapped the British naval vessel H.M.S. Amethyst in this river
.... (The Communists guns stopped firing and the layman terms he attributes to 
the... [DOC] [TLE] Robert Mitchell (From Herald Scotland) - The Herald [PAR] Apr 10, 2014 ... ... in 1949 in which the Royal Navy ship HMS Amethyst was trapped on the ... 
advancing Chinese Communist People's Liberation Army (PLA) and was ... On a 
routine visit 100 miles up China's River Yangtze, the Amethyst was... [DOC] [TLE] events - China, Japan, Korea, Hong Kong - Food Desert [PAR] 28/6/1950, British Royal navy ships joined the US forces in South Korea.