There is no battleship Chinese naval history?

There is no battleship Chinese naval history?

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Battleship (battleship, or also known as combat ships warship) is a mainly to large caliber gun attack with heavy armor protection high tonnAge of the navy warship. Is a large surface warship that can carry out the ocean battle mission.

Its since the birth of the Age of sail, 1860 began to change. 1870-1890 in between once dating, but during the period of the experiment study has not been interrupted. By the 1890s began gradually declined in the late Renaissance to the Second World War. The battleship has been one of the major sea powers of the main naval vessels, called battleship. Since the end of World War II, the strategic position of the battleship was replaced by aircraft and strategic missile nuclear submarine, is no longer the main fleet, the address is relatively meaningless.

The battleship is a to large caliber naval gun is the main weapon, with strong armour protection and strong assault power, bear the ocean combat missions of the large-scale surface warships. In several centuries before the end of the Second World War, the battleship once dominated the oceans of the world, alone collar generation blue coquettish, is a modern naval fleet indispensable backbone.

And in the morning the Imperial Navy Beiyang Navy, there are two armored battleships: USS Dingyuan and USS Zhenyuan!

Dingyuan battle ship / a armored ship steel battleships) cost of 620 million mark ($37 million pounds), which belongs to the Dingyuan class battleship, by the Qing Dynasty commissioned Lei German Tantebo degree (after World War II and assigned to Poland, now Szczecin Szczecin) of vlcn (Vulcan shipyard built 7000 ton a ironclads. Dingyuan and Zhenyuan, respectively, as the Qing Dynasty Beiyang fleet battleship. Started in 1881. On December 28 of the same year the Dingyuan ship launching. The following year November 28 at the same level the Zhenyuan ship launching, Dingyuan and Zhenyuan ship was completed in 1884, the warship Dingyuan spend about 140 million taels of silver, Zhenyuan ship cost about 142 million taels of silver. At that time the British ambassador Wilma pointed out, the two ironclads at the time of the price is very cheap. German government on the one hand to stimulate heavy industry, on the one hand to increase the political influence of Germany in the Far East, and take this order. (Ji Nan, "British China diplomacy"). In 1885 two the ship arrived in DAgu in the northern navy. The two ship was known as the "Asia's first ship". In the same year bought together in Germany and a ship 2440 ton cruiser Jiyuan warship, the performance is far than the Dingyuan and Zhenyuan ship, nearly half of the cost is accounted for by the former, 68 million taels of silver. In the shipbuilding contract, originally prescribed Chuyi installed external completion Yun Fu China, but by the impact of Sino French war, Germany needs to remain neutral, so at the end of the war before shipment. Dingyuan, commissioned in October 1885, and became the flAgship of Beiyang navy of Qing dynasty. Dingyuan ship model specifications of the existing 1:1 parked in the Shandong island in Weihai base.

Chinese turret ship Dingyuan

Battleship Zhenyuan is China the Qing Navy in Germany Ag Vulcan Stettin order and built ironclad turret. One of the Northern Navy battleship. Dingyuan class ironclads. At that time, the first ship called Dongyang kennedy. 1880 (Guangxu six years) order in German vlcn shipyard, the displacement of 7340 tons, 6000 horsepower horsepower, speed of 14.5 knots, the cost for silver 110.3 million Kuping. 1885 by Liu Buchan and other countries to bring back. In 1888 the Northern Fleet military official to be granted, the left wing Bing Lin Tai has over 331 personnel. During the Sino Japanese war was captured by the Japanese Navy, the battleship's identity to the Japanese navy.

Battleship Zhenyuan

1880 (Guangxu six years), Beiyang minister Li Hongzhang by Chinese in Germany to the German envoy Li Fengbao Tantebo ray of vlcn shipyard custom-made, and sent Liu Buchan, Wei Han, Chen Zhaoao, Zheng Qinglian etc. in factory supervision, the level of ship design was focused on the world's most advanced ironclads - British Yingfu to interest white "and" Isaacson ", the German ship two advantAges," iron over the earth first ship ", Beiyang minister Li Hongzhang personally for the two ship named" set "," town "and" two ship Jiyuan fleet for the same number of construction, the Chinese should be delivered in 1884, but it was France the war, Germany for neutral delay to ship until 1885, France and Chinese three ship will be delivered to the rear suspension, the German merchant flAg by the German sailors driving escort at the end of October 1885 arrived in Tianjin DAgu to pay the China oral sex. In the "Dingyuan" became the flAgship of Beiyang Navy ship.

Japan's ruling and opposition parties panic caused by 1886 August Beiyang Navy Dingyuan and Zhenyuan, Jiyuan, Weiyuan in moored at NAgasaki, Japan, supply, maintenance, presumably for ironclads routine oil, to rust, when because there is no Chinese can accommodate ironclads dock, so we had to go to Japan, "set", "town" two ship Caine a cannon. 13, 15, China ashore off sailors for soliciting prostitutes and shopping and Japanese battle occurred, causing many casualties, after the mediation in China's diplomatic and military pressure and the Western powers, to mutual compensating for the losses in the end, known to history as the case of "Qi". Since then Japan then decided to set "," town "two ship as the imAginary enemy, manufacturing the equipment a 320 mm caliber cannon Matsushima, Itsukushima, bridge three ships, the ship and called for Sanjing ship.

Take part in the war

Two ships have participated in the September 17, 1894, the Yellow Sea battle, battle of Japan fleet flAgship "island" is hit the Dingyuan main gun ship, caused the fire and lose its fighting capacity, forced to withdraw from the battlefield. But because of the Beiyang Navy is suddenly encountered enemy, lack of preparation, the Dingyuan and Zhenyuan "ammo scarcity, in the battle of failed to give full play to the fighting force. Two destroyers and took part in the battle for subsequent Weihaiwei, 1894 November 14, Zhenyuan ship in port accidentally ran Aground injured and due to Lvshun shipyard is the Japanese army captured without repair, it has not been possible to sea combat, pipe belt Lin Tai in times day and night to take the blame and HanHen suicide.

"Dingyuan" ship in February 1895 4 night by the Japanese into the port "Ninth" torpedo attack wounded 9 "Dingyuan" by the Japanese occupied by Fort hit by gunfire hit by the "Dingyuan" ship was to explode, February 17th "Zhenyuan" ship by the Japanese captive to the Japanese fleet is still the name "Zhenyuan" as the Japanese Navy's first aircraft, armored battleships, had participated in the Russo Japanese War and Meiji 33 years held in Kobe sea naval review in 1898, was designated as the two battleship, December 1905 a frigate, April 1, 1911 in addition to nationality as a weapon target ship, the April 6, 1912 sale of dismantling, the command module layout on the date of delivery of the Department of the Navy Gun Memorial preservation, the anchor chains, left by the Japanese government on display at Ueno Park in Tokyo, to shame the Chinese. The victory of the Anti Japanese war after the Department of the Navy boutique furnishings were captured American, which Zhenyuan ship command cabin furnishings gun and Japanese naval Sino-Japanese War Pictures, text and other important cultural relics now used in US Asian Cultural Academy History Museum and the rest suffered humiliation Zhenyuan ship relics in 1947 by China Merchants "flying stars" and "long Shun" ships divided into two batches back to the motherland.

Zhenyuan No. ironclads took part in the September 17, 1894, the Yellow Sea battle, Zhenyuan No. in line abreast array wings were fleet backbone, it and other ships Against the Japanese combined fleet. The Japanese fleet concentrated firepower Against the Beiyang fleet flAgship, the Dingyuan No., enemy fire more and more fierce, the Dingyuan, continuous shot fire. Ding Ruchang was seriously wounded in the fighting on the bridge. "Dingyuan" with the main gun ironclads hit the Japanese fleet flAgship Matsushima, forcing the wounded out of battle.

The Yellow Sea sea fierce battle lasted 5 hours, the Northern Fleet has been hit. Dingyuan, only 10 warships, Zhenyuan No. 4 warships, due to the strong protection ability of the ironclads, effectively resist the Japanese fleet fire. When the sun sets, covered with scars of Dingyuan, and Zhenyuan, ironclads watched helplessly as the far of the Japanese combined fleet, slowly leaving the theater. The first battle of naval history armored fleet so trAgically ended.

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