- Title: Surviving crew of HMS Amethyst in Hong Kong
- Date: 18th August 1949
- Summary: SLATE INFORMATION: Amethyst Heroes in Hong Kong HONG KONG: Various: EXT AMETHYST Crew on shore leave in Hong Kong. Seen crossing street. Riding in rickshaws. Various shots of crew. Lt. Commander Kerans. Petty-officer Les Franks. Jacks French D.S.M. Shot of tomcat Simon being fed RADIO-OPERATOR JACK FRENCH of the AMETHYST D.S.M. Seen on shore leave in Hong Kong - good close-up LIEUT-COMMANDER KERANS OF THE AMETHYST Seen on shore leave in Hong Kong - good close-up NAVAL BRITISH crew of Amethyst on shore leave in Amsterdam. Good shots of Lt. Commander Kerans and Jack French D.S.M. Shots of the ship's cat, Simon Navy - Active Royal Navy, sailor, sailors, shore leave, soldier, soldiers, rickshaw, ships cat, Communist, Communism, PLA, People's Liberation Army, British Naval Attache, Lieutenant-Commander John Simon Kerans, telegraph, telegraphist, Coxswain Leslie Frank
- Embargoed: 2nd September 1949 13:00
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- Location: Unspecified
- Country: Hong Kong
- Topics: Defence / Military
- Reuters ID: LVA6TO8MDOHSJJGOFRERYQ4YKH2N
- Story Text: HMS Amethyst sailors on shore leave in Hong Kong following the Yangtze Incident
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