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HEI YEN coastal defence ironclad (1889 / 1895)
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Ping Yuan 1895
Ships
| Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 平遠 [Hei Yen] (ex-平遠 [Ping Yuan], ex-Lung Wei) | Foochow Arsenal, China | 7.12.1886 | 29.1.1888 | 28.9.1889 // 16.3.1895 | sunk 18.9.1904 |
Technical data
| Displacement normal, t | 2150 |
|---|---|
| Displacement full, t | 2640 |
| Length, m | 60.0 pp 70.2 wl |
| Breadth, m | 12.2 |
| Draught, m | 4.21 |
| No of shafts | 2 |
| Machinery | 2 VTE, 4 cylindrical boilers |
| Power, h. p. | 2400 |
| Max speed, kts | 10.2 |
| Fuel, t | coal 350 |
| Endurance, nm(kts) | 3000(8) |
| Armour, mm | belt: 203 - 125, deck: 50, barbette: 125, cupola and shields: 25, CT: 125 |
| Armament | 1 x 1 - 263/32 RKL/35 C/84, 2 x 1 - 149/32 RKL/35 C/80, 4 x 1 - 47/40 Hotchkiss Mk I, 2 x 10 - 11.4/94, 2 - 350 TT (1 bow, 1 stern) |
| Complement | 204 |
Standard scale images
Hei Yen 1903
Graphics
Ping Yuan 1895
Project history
The Hei Yen (ex-Chinese Ping Yuen) was captured at Wei-Hai-Wei on 12 February 1895. She was refitted and commissioned 16.3.1895 into the Imperial Navy as a gunnery training ship.
Ship protection
Main belt was 2.1m-high and 203mm-thick abreast machinery and magazines, 2.1m-high and 125mm-thick at fore and 1.22m-high and 150mm-thick at aft parts. Protected deck was 50mm at full length. Main gun was protected by 125mm barbette and 25mm cupola.
Modernizations
None.
Naval service
During the Russo-Japanese war she served as a coastal bombardment ship and was stricken by Russian mine and sunk off Pigeon Bay, Port Arthur 18.9.1904.
