£400
A battle damaged port hole from the Royal Navy Black Swan-class sloop HMS 'Amethyst' (U16): the glass with small calibre Nationalist Chinese fired bullet hole, the frame over painted white and mounted on a wooden plinth, 46cm overall diameter, with note of provenance. *Notes- The 'Amethyst' or 'Yangzte' Incident took place with several ships of the Royal Navy during The Chinese Civil War. On the 20th April, 1949 HMS Amethyst was making her way from Shanghi to Nanking when she was fired upon by The People's Liberation Army. She remained trapped in China until slipping away under the cover of darkness on the 30th July.
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