On December 17, 1888, the Beiyang Navy was formally established on Liugong Island in Weihaiwei, Shandong. The "Navy Hall" is equivalent to the naval command base. A horizontal plaque entitled "Navy Hall" by Li Hongzhang hangs on the main entrance of Zhuqi.
Beiyang Navy is the strongest and largest modern naval fleet established by the Qing Dynasty. In 1888, the "Beiyang Navy" was ranked ninth in the world and first in Asia by the "U.S. Navy Yearbook".
Ding Ruchang participated in the Taiping Army in his early years. When the Taiping Army was gone, he rebelled with the team to the Hunan Army, and soon changed to Li Hongzhang's Huai Army. In the Battle of Weihaiwei, he commanded the Beiyang Fleet to fight against the Japanese siege, but did not get the superior order, and was helpless in the harbor to wait for assistance, causing the Beiyang Navy to fall into desperation. After running out of ammunition and food, he rejected the Japanese army's persuasion and swallowed opium and committed suicide to thank the people.
The fourth from the left in the second row is Deng Shichang. Deng Shichang is China's first naval officer and the captain of the "Zhiyuan" in the Beiyang Fleet. On September 17, 1894, he died heroically in the Yellow Sea battle.
was ordered at the Vulkeng shipyard in Germany in 1880 (the sixth year of Guangxu), and the cost was about 1.42 million taels of silver. It is known as the strongest iron-clad ship in Asia. Captured by the Japanese navy during the Sino-Japanese War of 1894-1895, it was incorporated into the Japanese navy as a battleship after the war.
was ordered at Vulkeng Shipyard in Germany in 1880 (sixth year of Guangxu) at a cost of about 1.409 million taels of silver. On the night of February 4, 1895, "Dingyuan" was attacked and injured by a Japanese torpedo boat "No. 9" that broke into the port. On the 9th, "Dingyuan" was hit by gunfire from a battery occupied by the Japanese army. On the 10th, Dingyuan was to avoid landing In the hands of the enemy, Ding Ruchang, admiral of the Beiyang Navy, ordered the destruction of the Dingyuan ship.
was ordered at Vulkeng Shipyard in Germany in 1885 (the eleventh year of Guangxu) at a cost of about 870,000 taels of silver. On September 17, 1894, it was unfortunately sunk by four cruisers from the Japanese combined fleet.
was ordered at the Vulkeng Shipyard in Germany in 1885 (the eleventh year of Guangxu). The two ships "Laiyuan" and "Jingyuan" were sister ships of the same level, and the cost was about 870,000 taels of silver. On the early morning of February 6, 1895, he was attacked and sunk by the Japanese first torpedo boat team in Weihaiwei Port.
was ordered at Armstrong Shipyard in England in 1885 (the eleventh year of Guangxu) at a cost of 845,000 taels of silver. During the Sino-Japanese War on September 17, 1894, the torpedo tube was hit by the enemy and the torpedo in the tube exploded and sank.
and the ironclad warships "Zhenyuan" and "Dingyuan" were ordered in the same batch at a cost of 620,000 taels of silver. On February 17, 1895, the "Jiyuan" ship was captured by the Japanese in Weihai. On November 30, 1904, the "Jiyuan" ship sank in the Russo-Japanese War.
"Pingyuan" is the first all-steel warship designed and built by Fuzhou Ship Administration with reference to "Jiyuan" and "Chaoyong". The cost is 524,000 taels of silver. After the surrender of the Beiyang Navy in 1895, "Pingyuan" was taken over by the Japanese army and incorporated into the Japanese army. During the Russo-Japanese War in 1904, it struck and sank in the sea off Lushun.
was ordered at Armstrong Shipyard in England in 1885 (the eleventh year of Guangxu) at a cost of 852,000 taels of silver. It participated in the Yellow Sea battle and the Weihai Sea battle.
In order to avoid the severely injured "Jingyuan" from falling into the enemy's hands, the Beiyang Navy used the "Guangbing" ship to sink it on February 9, 1895.
"Yangwei" was built by the British Armstrong Shipyard and was returned to China by Deng Shichang in 1881. The cost was about 325,000 taels of silver. In 1894, "Yangwei" was hit by a Japanese ship and caught fire, and was hit by "Jiyuan". The
"Super Brave" was built by the Armstrong Shipyard of the United Kingdom. The cost is about 325,000 taels of silver. It is of the same class as the "Yangwei". During the Sino-Japanese War of 1894, "Super Brave" was sunk by a Japanese ship.
