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词条 HMS Amethyst
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Six ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Amethyst, whilst another was planned:

  • HMS Amethyst (1793) was a 36-gun fifth-rate frigate, originally the French Perle, launched in 1790, captured in 1793, and wrecked off Alderney in 1795.
  • {{HMS|Amethyst|1799}} was a {{sclass-|Penelope|frigate|0}} 36-gun fifth rate launched in 1799 and wrecked in 1811.
  • {{HMS|Amethyst|1844}} was a {{sclass-|Spartan|frigate|0}} 26-gun sixth rate launched in 1844 and sold in 1869 for use as a cable vessel.
  • {{HMS|Amethyst|1871}} was an {{sclass-|Amethyst|corvette|0}} screw corvette launched in 1871 and sold in 1887.
  • {{HMS|Amethyst|1903}} was a {{sclass-|Topaze|cruiser|0}} cruiser launched in 1903 and scrapped in 1920.
  • {{HMS|Amethyst|F116}} 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 {{sclass2-|River|minesweeper|0}} minesweeper. She was renamed {{HMS|Waveney|M2003|6}} before being launched in 1983, and was sold to the Bangladeshi Navy in 1994, being renamed Shapla.

See also

  • HM Trawler Amethyst (T12) 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 {{HMS|Dryad|establishment|6}}, named after the Black Swan-class {{HMS|Amethyst|F116|6}}.

References

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  • Hepper, David J. (1994) British Warship Losses in the Age of Sail, 1650-1859. (Rotherfield: Jean Boudriot). {{ISBN|0-948864-30-3}}
  • {{cite book |first=Rif|last=Winfield|title=British Warships in the Age of Sail 1793–1817: Design, Construction, Careers and Fates|publisher=Seaforth|year=2008|isbn=1-86176-246-1}}
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