Zhiyuan - 致遠China,Asia
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Zhiyuan
was a protected cruiser laid down by Armstrong Whitworth
& Company in October 1885. Shea was launched in
September 1886 for the Chinese Navy. She was commissioned
in July 1887 and assigned to the Beiyang Fleet in
China. 17.
September 1894, during Battle of the Yalu River under the
First Sino Japanese War, she came under
attack from a Japanese corvette and several cruisers. She
was hit in the bow and soon after she disappeared in the
deep together with 245 officers and crewmen. Only seven
men survived the sinking. The wreck was found in 2013 and
reston a depth of twenty meters southeast of Wumang
Island. Also see the wreck of the cruiser Jingyuan.
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| 39° 12′ 50″ N, 123° 7′ 35″ E  Picture: Zhiyuan - 致遠 in 1894 Courtesy or Naval History Society Last updated: November 2017 |
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