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Yangtze


1949 British warship HMS Amethyst escape down Yangtze River, having been refused a safe passage by Chinese Communists after 3-month standoff

1947 Small river steamer sank on Yangtze River, kills 400

1937 Japanese aircraft shell and sink U.S. gunboat Panay on Yangtze River in China. (Japan apologized and eventually paid U.S. $2.2M in reparations)

1926 Troop ship sinks in Yangtze River, killing 1,200



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