HMS Amethyst

Template:Use dmy dates Template:Use British English Six ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Amethyst, whilst another was planned:

• Template:HMS was a 36-gun fifth-rate frigate, originally the French frigate Perle, launched in 1790, captured in 1793, and wrecked off Alderney in 1795.
• Template:HMS was a Template:Sclass 36-gun fifth rate launched in 1799 and wrecked in 1811.
• Template:HMS was a Template:Sclass 26-gun sixth rate launched in 1844 and sold in 1869 for use as a cable vessel.
• Template:HMS was an Template:Sclass screw corvette launched in 1873 and sold in 1887.
• Template:HMS was a Template:Sclass cruiser launched in 1903 and scrapped in 1920.
• Template:HMS was a modified Black Swan-class sloop launched in 1943. She was later designated as a frigate, was involved in the Yangtze Incident in 1949 and was broken up in 1957.
• HMS Amethyst was to have been a Template:Sclass2. She was renamed Template:HMS before being launched in 1983, and was sold to the Bangladeshi Navy in 1994, being renamed Shapla.

Battle honours

Ships named Amethyst have earned the following battle honours:

• Cerbere, 1800
• Thetis, 1808
• Niemen, 1809
• China, 1856−60
• Ashantee, 1873−74
• Heligoland, 1914
• Dardanelles, 1915
• Atlantic, 1945
• Korea, 1951−52

See also

• Template:HMT was an anti-submarine trawler requisitioned in 1935 and sunk by a mine on 24 November 1940.
• Amethyst was the Royal Navy's bridge simulator in the 1990s at Template:HMS, named after the Template:Sclass Template:HMS.

References

• Hepper, David J. (1994) British Warship Losses in the Age of Sail, 1650-1859. (Rotherfield: Jean Boudriot). Template:ISBN