Trivia for
Yangtse Incident: The Story of H.M.S. Amethyst (1957)

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• The real HMS Amethyst was used at the start of filming. A special effects explosion was made too big and blew a hole in the hull, flooding the engine room. Amethyst was sent to the breakers and HMS Magpie was used for the rest of the film.
  
  
• HMS Amethyst sustained more damage during filming than during the actual battle.
  
  
• The River Orwell, which runs between Felixstowe and Harwich, in Suffolk, England doubled as the Yangtze River during the making of this film.
  
  

• The film debut of Bernard Cribbins.
  
  

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