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| | Navy Larks, a book by Dennis Knibbs, a survivor of the Yangtse Incident - April 1949 |
 | | Training completed, he went on to experience life in the Royal Navy in its many forms, first of all joining HMS London in Hong Kong in April 1948, remaining a crew member until the ships decommissioning in September 1949 and then going on to serve in minesweepers, destroyers and an aircraft carrier. |
 | | However, it was a member of the crew of HMS London in April 1949, when the ship was caught up in the infamous Yangtse Incident that the authors memories are at their most vivid. |
 | | On 20th April 1949, HMS Amethyst was en route to relieve the guardship when it came under heavy fire from the Communists and went aground. |
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