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Wei Yuen 1877 Many thanks to Mr. Wu for many additions and corrections of information on this page.

Ships

Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comp	Fate
威遠 [Wei Yuen]			Foochow Arsenal	2.9.1876	15.5.1877	14.9.1877	TS 7.1885, sunk 5.2.1895, repaired, discarded 1906
超武 [Chao Wu]			Foochow Arsenal	1877	19.6.1878	1879	discarded 1909
康濟 [Kang Chi]			Foochow Arsenal	12.7.1878	21.7.1879	9.1.1880	captured by Japan 17.2.1895, returned 1895, TS, discarded 1907
澄慶 [Teng Ch'ing]			Foochow Arsenal	1879	10/1880	1881	sunk 15.2.1885
横海 [Heng Hai]			Foochow Arsenal	1883	1884	7/1885	sunk 17.3.1886
广甲 [Kuang Chia]			Foochow Arsenal	1884	1885	7/1885	sunk 17.9.1884

Technical data

Displacement normal, t	1258 Ching Ch'ing, Heng Hai: 1477
Displacement full, t
Length, m	64.0 pp 66.2 oa Ching Ch'ing, Heng Hai: 66.1 pp 68.3 oa
Breadth, m	8.99
Draught, m	3.81
No of shafts	1
Machinery	1 HC, 4 cylindrical boilers
Power, h. p.	750 Ching Ch'ing, Heng Hai: 1200
Max speed, kts	11 Ching Ch'ing, Heng Hai: 15
Fuel, t	coal
Endurance, nm(kts)
Armour, mm	iron: shield: 32 - 13
Armament	1 x 1 - 160/14 Armstrong MLR, 6 x 1 - 121/22 Armstrong 40pdr 1.32-ton BLR Heng Hai: 1 x 1 - 178/16 Armstrong MLR, 6 x 1 - 121/22 Armstrong 40pdr 1.32-ton BLR Kuang Chia: 1 x 1 - 149/32 RK L/35 C/80, 4 x 1 - 120/32 RK L/35 C/80, 6 x 1 - 37/40 Hotchkiss
Complement	180

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Project history

Composite-hulled, fully-rigged sloops, Wei Yuen and Kang Chi being built for the Peiyang fleet and others for the Nanyang fleet.

Ship protection

Main gun had a shield.

Modernizations

1880s, Chao Wu: - 1 x 1 - 160/14; + 2 x 1 - 152/26 Armstrong BLR, 1 x 1 - 121/22 Armstrong 40pdr 1.32-ton BLR

1890s, Heng Hai: - 1 x 1 - 178/16; + 2 x 1 - 149/32 RK L/35 C/80, 1 x 1 - 120/32 RK L/35 C/80

1890s, Kuang Chia: - 4 x 1 - 120/32 RK L/35 C/80; + 2 x 1 - 149/32 RK L/35 C/80, 4 x 1 - 105/37 SK L/40 C/97

1894, Wei Yuan: - 1 x 1 - 160/14; + 3 x 1 - 105/37 SK L/40 C/97

Naval service

Wei Yuen was disarmed in July 1885 and became TS for midshipmen; she was torpedoed and sunk by the Japanese TB23 at Wei-Hai-Wei 5.2.1895. Later she was salvaged, repaired and served till 1906. Kang Chi was captured by Japanese at Wei-Hai-Wei 17.2.1895 but she was disarmed by them and returned to Chinese for repatriation service. Later she was disarmed and fitted with two TT for her new role as a torpedo TS. Teng Ch'ing was sunk by spar TBs from the French cruiser Bayard off Shei-Poo on the night of 14-15.2.1885.

Many thanks to Mr. Wu for many additions and corrections of information on this page.

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