HMS Amethyst U-16 / F-116 |
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May 9, 1945: The whale boat from HMS Amethyst U-16 is seen approaching the German submarine U-249 to accept her surrender off Portland, England. The Coxswain of the whaler was Able Seaman William James from Glyncorrwg, South Wales. The officer about to board U-249 was the navigating office of HMS Amethyst Lt. John Palmer (later Sir John Palmer), he was the only person on board who could speak fluent German. |
(Photo courtesy of Charlie Chivers, R.N.) |
HMS Amethyst U-16 seen in 1946. |
HMS Amethyst U-16 seen in 1946. |
(Photo courtesy of Charlie Chivers, R.N.) |
HMS Amethyst F-116 seen in 1949. |
April 20, 1949: A copy of the signal sent by HMS Amethyst after grounding on Rose Island in the opening minuets of the Yangtze Incident. |
(Courtesy of William Leitch, R.N.) |
Some of the damage HMS Amethyst F-116 received during the Yangtze Incident. |
(Photo courtesy of Lt. Commander K. Stewart Hett, M.B.E., R.N. Ret.) |
April 1949: Funeral service in Shanghai for some of those killed in the Yangtze Incident. (For more details see Reply 1 to Message #165) |
(Photo courtesy of Doug Melville) Nephew of Edmund Tattersall, late of HMS Amethyst |
April 1949: Funeral service in Shanghai for some of those killed in the Yangtze Incident. (For more details see Reply 1 to Message #165) |
(Photo courtesy of Doug Melville) Nephew of Edmund Tattersall, late of HMS Amethyst |
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Page published Oct. 5, 2007 |