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the 1949 Yangtze River Incident involving the HMS Amethyst is widely celebrated in the People's Republic of China as a major symbolic milestone marking the end of the "Century of Humiliation" (en.wikipedia.org)

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[–] AllNewTypeFace@leminal.space 4 points 3 days ago

The ship’s cat on the Amethyst, Able Seacat Simon, was also the only cat to ever be awarded the Dickin Medal, the animal equivalent of the Victoria Cross, for keeping the crew’s morale up despite being badly injured in the attack on the ship that killed the captain.