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 frigate 36-gun fifth rate launched in 1799 and wrecked in 1811.
 * HMS Amethyst (1844) was a Spartan-class frigate 26-gun sixth rate launched in 1844 and sold in 1869 for use as a cable vessel.
 * HMS Amethyst (1873) was an Amethyst-class corvette screw corvette launched in 1873 and sold in 1887.
 * HMS Amethyst (1903) was a Topaze-class cruiser 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 (M2003) 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