Medal commemorating the Chinese junk 'Keying'

Medal commemorating the Chinese junk 'Keying'. Obverse: Starboard broadside view of the junk, mainsail set. Legend: 'THE CHINESE JUNK KEYING'. Exergue: 'LENGTH 160 FT BREADTH 33 FT BURDEN 800 TONS DEPTH OF HOLD 12 FEET'. Reverse: Inscription, 'THIS REMARKABLE VESSEL IS A JUNK OF THE LARGEST CLASS, AND IS THE FIRST SHIP CONSTRUCTED BY THE CHINESE WHICH HAS REACHED EUROPE OR EVEN ROUNDED THE CAPE OF GOOD HOPE. THIS JUNK WAS PURCHASED AUGUST, 1846, AT CANTON, BY A FEW ENTERPRISING ENGLISHMEN. SHE SAILED FROM HONG KONG, 6TH DECEMBER, 1846, ROUNDED THE CAPE 31ST MARCH, 1847, ARRIVED IN ENGLAND 27TH MARCH, 1848'.

Object Details

ID: MEC2711
Collection: Coins and medals
Type: Medal
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Unknown
Events: Voyage from China to England of the Keying, 1846-1848
Vessels: Keying 1846 [Chinese]
Date made: 1848
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: Overall: 45 mm