#beiyang fleet

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The Great Victory of the Japanese Navy off Haiyang Island (First Sino-Japanese War) by Nakamura Shūkō

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Beiyang Fleet ironclad Zhen Yuan after its capture by Japan circa 1896.

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Zhenyuan (Chinese: 鎮遠) was an ironclad battleship built for the Chinese Beiyang Fleet. She was second and final member of the Dingyuan class, which included one other vessel, Dingyuan, both of which were built in Germany in the early 1880s.

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Chinese cruiser Lai-Yuen.

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Splena Basics

The Imperial Splena Fleet was consisted only of 2 ironclad battleships, 3 destroyers, 3 converted transport ships, 2 hospital ships, 5 torpedo boats and a single WW1-era submarine. Most of these vessels were brought from the German Empire, the Empire of Japan and the Qing Dynasty. Much like the condition of the Beiyang Fleet, the cost-consuming vessels were in poor condition due to the budget cuts of the Empire of Splena but despite of these, the Spleranese monarchy still boasts with its mighty naval force throughout Asia and the Pacific.

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The most honorable Chinese opponent depicted in the Japanese war prints was Admiral Ding Juchang, who committed suicide after his fleet was destroyed in 1895. Here he is portrayed seated in an elegant room with a cup of poison in his hand.

“Admiral Ding Juchang of the Chinese Beiyang Fleet, Totally Destroyed at Beiyang Fleet , Commits Suicide at His Official Residence” by Mizuno Toshikata, February 1895

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New Paper Craft: Chinese Turret Ship Zhenyuan Free Paper Model Download

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This ship paper model is the Zhenyuan, a German-built Chinese Beiyang Fleet turret ship of the 19th century, the papercraft was designed by etsutan. Her sister ship was the Dingyuan. Built with 14-inch (360 mm) thick armour and modern Krupp guns, they were superior to any in the Imperial Japanese Navy at the time.

Zhenyuan displaced 7,670 tons loaded and had a speed of 15.4 knots (29 km/h). At 10 knots (19 km/h), she had a range of around 4,500 nautical miles (8,300 km). Her armament consisted of four 12 inch (305 mm) Krupp 25 calibre breech-loading guns in two barbettes one either side with a secondary armament of two 5.9 inch (150 mm) 35 calibre Krupp breech-loaders placed fore and aft. To this were added six 37 mm guns and three above the waterline torpedo tubes. Total crew was around 363 officers and men.

Zhenyuan was built by Stettiner Vulcan AG, in Stettin, Germany (now Szczecin, Poland). The hull was laid down in March 1882, she was launched on 28 November 1882 and started her sea trials in March 1884. [Source: wiki]

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