HMS AMETHYST

Eight ships of the Royal Navy have been named 'HMS ''Amethyst''':

★ The first ''Amethyst'' was originally a French 36-gun fifth-rate frigate called ''Perle'', captured in 1793, wrecked in 1795 near Alderney.

★ The second ''Amethyst'', launched in 1799, was a 36-gun fifth-rate frigate, wrecked in Plymouth Sound in 1811.

★ The third ''Amethyst'', launched in 1844, was a ''Spartan''-class 26-gun sixth-rate frigate, sold in 1869.

★ The forth ''Amethyst'', launched in 1871, was the lead ship of her class of wooden screw corvettes. Sold in 1887.

★ The fifth ''Amethyst'', launched in 1903, was a ''Topaze''-class third-class cruiser. In World War I, the flagship of Sir Reginald Tyrwhitt, she fought at the battles of Heligoland Bight and Dardanelles. She was scrapped in 1920.

★ The sixth ''Amethyst'' (T12), commissioned in 1935, was an anti-submarine trawler. She was sunk by a mine on 24 November 1940.

★ The seventh ''Amethyst'' (U16/F116), launched in 1943, was built as a modified ''Black Swan''-class sloop, and served World War II, pennant number U16. Post-War she was modified and redesignated as a frigate, renumbered F116. In 1949 she came under fire from the Chinese People's Liberation Army on the Yangtze River. Broken up in 1957.

★ The Eighth ''Amethyst'', launched in 1983 was a Minehunter originally called HMS Waveney, sold to the Bangladeshi Navy in 1994.

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