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Chinese ironclad Pingyuan

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Shortly after launch, Pingyuan was armed with one 263 mm Krupp rifled breechloading main gun. The secondary battery consisted of two 15 cm Krupp guns. There were 8
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on 16 March 1895 and served with the Japanese fleet through the remainder of the First Sino-Japanese War. On 21 March 1898, she was re-designated as a first-class
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on 18 September 1904 and foundered in heavy weather later that day. It was struck from the
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in 1900 based on the Japanese language pronunciation of its original Chinese name.
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After its capture in February 1895, by the Imperial Japanese Navy,
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Maritime Operations In The Russo-Japanese War 1904-1905
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was assigned to the 3rd Squadron and was part of the
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Griffin & Co, Portsmouth: 153-289. 808: 794: 167:Mined off Pigeon Bay (Piegen Bay) west of 533:was placed into active combat service as 524: 725: 713:All The World's Fighting Ships 1860-1905 419: 1382:Russo-Japanese War naval ships of Japan 1377:Gunboats of the Imperial Japanese Navy 1334: 658: 609: 407:and facilities to launch 4 torpedoes. 367:that served with the Imperial Chinese 315:Conning tower: 127 mm (5 in) 789: 671: 624: 107: 40: 1397:Shipwrecks of the Russo-Japanese War 748:, Chatham Publishing, London, 2000, 816:Japanese naval ship classes of the 765: 681:Album of Chinese Warships 1855-1911 436:Battle of the Yellow Sea/Yalu River 103:Captured by Japan, 17 February 1895 13: 398: 211:4.19 m (13 ft 9 in) 14: 1408: 759: 410: 746:The Chinese Steam Navy 1862-1945 415: 263:1 × 260 mm (10 in) gun 225:, 2,400 shp (1,790 kW) 109: 42: 22: 16:First Chinese-built armored ship 312:Turret: 203 mm (8 in) 245:(12.1 mph; 19.4 km/h) 1392:Shipwrecks in the Sea of Japan 674:Zhōngguójūnjiàntúzhì 1855-1911 642:10.1080/00253359.1964.10657787 513:, and was later captured as a 482: 473: 430:As part of the Beiyang Fleet, 359: 350: 184:2,150 long tons (2,185 t) 1: 1372:Naval ships of Imperial China 1347:Cruisers of the Beiyang Fleet 591: 306:Belt: 203 mm (8 in) 291:3 × 18 in (457 mm) 285:4 × 37.5 mm (1 in) 223:triple expansion steam engine 726:Jentsura, Hansgeorg (1976). 309:Deck: 50 mm (2 in) 7: 826:Pre-dreadnought battleships 543:and was officially renamed 279:2 × 47 mm (2 in) 273:2 × 57 mm (2 in) 192:60.96 m (200 ft) 10: 1413: 1277: 1215: 1181: 1161: 1106: 1051: 954: 899: 879: 824: 730:. 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Index


Foochow Arsenal
Empire of Japan
Port Arthur
w/l
triple expansion steam engine
knots
150 mm (6 in)
machine guns
machine guns
machine guns
torpedo tubes
Japanese
Chinese
pinyin
coastal battleship
Beiyang Fleet
Imperial Japanese Navy
Mawei Navy Yard
Fuzhou
quick firing guns

Battle of the Yellow Sea/Yalu River
First Sino-Japanese War
armored cruiser
Mawei Navy Yard
Acheron-class
gunboat
Chinese
pinyin

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