A Chinese cannonball from the Second China War, 1856-60. The inscription reads: 'Shot fired from the North Wong Tong a Chinese fort at the mouth of the Canton River. The shot entered the foremost part of the Port side of H.M.S. "MANKIN" [sic 'Nankin'] cutting a Boy in two and carrying away the heels of the spare fore and mizzen top gallant mast. It ascended some height falling on the Starboard waist hammock netting and finally rolled on the deck.' HMS NANKIN was a 4th rate ship launched at Woolwich in 1850. The unnamed boy was James Tohey. HMS NANKIN later became a receiving ship and was broken up in 1905.