1938 sloop which was the first ship ever to be sunk by a guided missile, an event which occurred on 27 August 1943, when it was hit by a Henschel Hs 293 glide bomb launched from a Dornier Do 217. On 4 March 1942 HMAS Yarra sunk with the loss of 147 of 160 hands, while defending three ships under her protection from three Japanese cruisers and four destroyers. The actions of her crew are considered some of the bravest in the history of the Royal Australian Navy. , commanded by Captain Frederic John Walker, participated in the sinking of 14 U-boats between 1943 and 1944 as part of the 2nd Escort Group. In 1949, , a Black Swan-class sloop of the Royal Navy became involved in an international incident when she became trapped in the Yangtze River by Communist Chinese shore batteries. She made a famous escape on 30 July 1949, later turned into a feature film Yangtse Incident: The Story of HMS Amethyst. See also List of corvette and sloop classes of the Royal Navy List of sloops of war of the United States Navy Rating system of the Royal Navy List of frigates of the Second World War References Notes Bibliography Rodger, N.A.M. The Command of the Ocean, a Naval History of Britain 1649–1815, London (2004). Bennett, G. The Battle of Trafalgar, Barnsley (2004). Lavery, Brian Nelson's Navy: Ships, Men and Organization, 1793–1815 Conway Maritime Press Ltd (31 Mar 1999). Winfield, Rif. British Warships in the Age of Sail: 1603–1714, Barnsley (2009). British Warships in the Age of Sail: 1714–1792, Barnsley (2007). British Warships in the Age of Sail: 1793–1817, (2nd edition) Barnsley (2008). . British Warships in the Age of Sail: 1817–1863, Barnsley (2014). External links Royal Navy Sloops from battleships-cruisers.co.uk – history and pictures from 1873 to 1943. Michael Phillips' Ships of the Old Navy Naval sailing ship types Age of Sail naval ships