title: HMS Amethyst
text: # HMS Amethyst
  
  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 frigate Perle, launched in 1790, captured in 1793, and wrecked off Alderney in 1795.
  * HMS Amethyst (1799) was a Penelope-class 36-gun fifth rate launched in 1799 and wrecked in 1811.
  * HMS Amethyst (1844) was a Spartan-class 26-gun sixth rate launched in 1844 and sold in 1869 for use as a cable vessel.
  * HMS Amethyst (1873) was an Amethyst-class screw corvette launched in 1873 and sold in 1887.
  * HMS Amethyst (1903) was a Topaze-class 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 River-class minesweeper. She was renamed HMS Waveney before being launched in 1983, and was sold to the Bangladeshi Navy in 1994, being renamed Shapla.
  
  ## Battle honours
  
  Ships named Amethyst have earned the following battle honours:
  
  * Cerbere, 1800
  * Thetis, 1808
  * Niemen, 1809
  * China, 1856−60
  * Ashantee, 1873−74
  * Heligoland, 1914
  * Dardanelles, 1915
  * Atlantic, 1945
  * Korea, 1951−52
  