| Chinese gunboat Pingyuan | |
|---|---|
 In the Japanese service, as Heien | |
| Career (China) |  |
| Name: |
Longwei Pingyuan |
| Builder: | Foochow Arsenal, Mawei, China |
| Laid down: | 1 January 1883 |
| Launched: | 1888 |
| Completed: | 1890 |
| Fate: | Captured by Japan, 1895 |
| Career (Japan) |  |
| Name: |
Ping Yuen Go Heien |
| Acquired: | 27 July 1894 |
| Fate: | Mined off Pigeon Bay (Piegen Bay) west of Port Arthur, 18 September 1904 |
| General characteristics | |
| Displacement: | 2,150 long tons (2,185 t) |
| Length: | 60.96 m (200 ft) w/l |
| Beam: | 12.19 m (40 ft) |
| Draft: | 4.19 m (13 ft 9 in) |
| Propulsion: |
2-shaft reciprocating triple expansion steam engine, 2,400 shp (1,790 kW) 2 boilers 350 tons coal |
| Speed: | 10.5 knots (12.1 mph; 19.4 km/h) |
| Complement: | 202 |
| Armament: |
• 1 × 260 mm (10 in) gun • 2 × 150 mm (6 in) guns • 8 × machine guns • 4 × 18 in (457 mm) torpedo tubes |
| Armor: |
• Belt: 203 mm (8 in) • Deck: 508 mm (20 in) • Turret: 127 mm (5 in) |
The Pingyuan (Chinese:平远) was a Chinese armored cruiser built by the Mawei Navy Yard, modelled on the French Acheron-class gunboat. The name is also spelled Ping Yuen, Ping Yuan or Ping-yüan. The Pingyuan was firstly named Longwei (Chinese:龙威), and was the first Chinese-built ironclad, though some of its components were imported from abroad. The Pingyuan was part of the Beiyang Fleet.
Career[]
The Pingyuan fought in the Battle of the Yalu River, damaging the Japanese flagship Matsushima, and was later captured in the siege of Weihaiwei. She was then commissioned into the Imperial Japanese Navy, firstly as the Ping Yuen Go and later the Heien.
Ping Yuen
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Coordinates: 38°57′N 120°56′E / 38.95°N 120.933°E
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