Yangtse Incident: The Story of H.M.S. Amethyst

While sailing lawfully up the Yangste in 1949, the British warship Amethyst found its return to the open sea blocked by Communist Chinese shore batteries that unexpectedly opened fire. In charge, Lietenant Commander Kerans was not however prepared for his crew and his ship to remain as a hostage for the Chinese to use as an international pawn.

War

Richard Todd

(Lieutenant-Commander John Simon Kerans)

William Hartnell

(Leading Seaman Leslie Frank)

Akim Tamiroff

Donald Houston

(Lieutenant Weston)

Keye Luke

(Captain Kuo Tai)

Sophie Stewart

(Miss Charlotte Dunlap)

Robert Urquhart

(Flight Lieutenant Fearnley)

Richard Leech

(Lieutenant Strain)

Barry Foster

(Petty Officer McCarthy)

Thomas Heathcote

Sam Kydd

(Able Seaman Walker)

Ewen Solon

Kenneth Cope

Alfred Burke

(Petty Officer)

Richard Coleman

(Lieutenant Commander Skinner)

Ian Bannen

(Able Seaman Bannister)

Gene Anderson

Bernard Cribbins

(Able Seaman James Bryson)

Brian Smith

Ray Jackson

(Telegraphist Jack Leonard French)

Anthony Chinn

Allan Cuthbertson

(Captain Donaldson)

Basil Dignam

(Sir Lionel Henry Lamb, British Ambassador to China)

John Paul

(Staff Officer Operations)

Ralph Truman

Jeremy Burnham

(Flag Lieutenant)

Cyril Luckham

(Commander in Chief)

Michael Brill

(Lieutenant Peter Egerton)

Ballard Berkeley

(Lieutenant Colonel Dewar-Curie)

Keith Faulkner

Rhett Ward

(Lieutenant Mirehouse)

Philip Vickers

(Surgeon Lieutenant Packard)

Tsai Chin