| Chinese corvette Yangwu | |
|---|---|
 The Yangwu, flagship of China's Fujian Fleet. | |
| Career |  |
| 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[]
- ↑ On Their Own Terms By Benjamin A. Elman, p.372
- ↑ The International Relations of the Chinese Empire. - Page 359 by Hosea Ballou Morse [1]
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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