November 14, 1894, the seventeenth day of the 10th day of the old calendar. Ding Ruchang led the Beiyang fleet to the Weihaiwei Base Camp at around 3 a.m. The "Zhenyuan" ship, the Beiyang Navy Admiral Ding Ruchang, was at the flagship "Dingyuan", and as usual, he was in the leadi

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1894 November 14, 17th day of the 10th day of the old calendar. Ding Ruchang leads Beiyang Fleet to arrive at Weihaiwei Base Camp at around 3 am.

"Zhenyuan" ship

Beiyang Navy Admiral Ding Ruchang was at the flagship "Dingyuan" at that time, and as usual, he was in the leading position of the entire formation, first passing through the waterway. The head of the ship cuts the waves, and the oncoming sea water is divided to both sides. The water distribution pressure generated by the 7,670 tons of iron-armored ship is undoubtedly amazing.

"Dingyuan" ship

"Dingyuan" ship was sailing on the side of Liugong Island when passing the entrance. However, the sea water separated by the "Dingyuan" ship kept surging, pushing the float near Liugong Island away from the predetermined location and floating between the reef groups near the island. At this time, the sea water directly below and outside the float was actually already standing in clusters of reefs. Since it was low tide at that time, these reefs were only about six meters away from the sea surface.

Following the sister ship "Zhenyuan" after "Dingyuan", the officers and soldiers on the ship did not notice the subtle change of the buoy on the sea surface, and continued to sail toward the port according to the trajectory of "Dingyuan" close to the buoy next to Liugong Island.

"Zhenyuan" ship

Due to full load of coal water supply, the draft of the "Zhenyuan" ship has exceeded six meters... Shortly after "Zhenyuan" gradually entered the channel, a reef accident occurred, and the port side ship bottom was damaged and the water inlet was infiltrated.

After investigation, three holes were knocked out under the ammunition compartment, 6.5 feet, 3.5 feet and 9 feet long respectively. A 17-foot-long hole broke out under the sail cabin. Three holes were also knocked out under the coal cabin boiler cabin, the longest one was 11 feet long. In addition, under the hydraulic cabin, there is a crack that is 2.6 feet wide and 3.9 feet long. The sea water suddenly poured into the bottom cabin of "Zhenyuan", and the damage was far beyond imagination.

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