Chinese corvette Yangwu

Chinese corvette Yangwu
Yangwu.jpg
The Yangwu, flagship of China's Fujian Fleet.
Career Flag of the Qing Empire
Name: Yangwu (揚武)
Owner: Fujian Fleet
Launched: 1872
Fate: Sunk in 1884
General characteristics
Displacement: 1,393 long tons (1,415 t)
Propulsion: 3-masted sailboat with 250 hp (190 kW) engine
Armament: 13 British muzzle-loaders

The Yangwu (Chinese:揚武, Yang-wu) was a Chinese warship and the flagship of the Fujian Fleet.

The Yangwu was a wooden corvette, built in 1872 at the Foochow Navy Yard. She was part of a large shipbuilding program at the Foochow Arsenal, and cost 254,000 taels (353,000 silver dollars) for her construction.[1] She was 1,393 tons, 250 horsepower (190 kW) with a speed of 15 knots (28 km/h), and was equipped with 13 British muzzle-loaders.

The Yangwu was torpedoed and sunk by Amédée Courbet's Far East Squadron during the Battle of Fuzhou, on 23 August 1884.[2]

Notes

  1. ^ On Their Own Terms By Benjamin A. Elman, p.372 [1]
  2. ^ The International Relations of the Chinese Empire. - Page 359 by Hosea Ballou Morse [2]

Images

  • Sailors in the masts of the Yangwu.

  • Chinese sailors on the deck of the Yangwu.

  • Chinese fleet at anchor before the Foochow Arsenal, the evening before the battle of Fuzhou: the Yangwu (left) with the Chinese gunboat Fuxing.

  • Yangwu being attacked by French torpedo boats No. 46.

  • The sunken Yangwu after the Battle of Fuzhou.


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