Beiyang navy Zhenyuan ship

1880, Li Hongzhang ordered Li, the German minister, to build two steel battleships with a length of 94.5 meters, a width of 18 meters, a draft of 6 meters, a displacement of 7,670 tons and a speed of 15 knots at the Vulcan Shipyard in Germany. Li Hongzhang personally wrote the names of three ships-"Dingyuan", "Zhenyuan" and "Jiyuan" on 188 1 year1February, 18821respectively. When the warship was built, it happened that the Sino-French war broke out in Vietnam, and Germany, which strictly adhered to neutrality, delayed the delivery date. It was not until the Sino-French armistice negotiations that three warships were handed over to China for use. 1On July 3rd, 885, Xu Jingcheng, who succeeded Li as German envoy, came to Kiel Port, made a sacrifice to heaven first, and then boarded the ship to bid farewell to the Mifune crew. Three warships employ more than 400 foreign sailors. After the ceremony, the warship blew its horn and began to sail to the ancient Eastern Empire, and arrived at Dagu Port in Tianjin in 10. Ship No.3 was the "third ship in the world" at that time, second only to Britain's "rigid and flexible" (length 104.85 meters) and Germany's "Saxony" (length 98 meters). 1In August, 886, Beiyang Navy visited Japan, and warships were anchored at Nagasaki Port, Japan. The Great Qing Dynasty built strong ships and guns, which caused panic in the Japanese ruling and opposition parties. Taking these three ships as imaginary enemies, the Japanese army stepped up military training at sea and looked for opportunities to compete with the Beiyang Navy.

The ultimate fate of Zhenyuan ship

In modern history, it is said that the powers opened the door of China with their strong ships and guns; However, China has really strong ships and guns, but it still can't escape the fate of humiliating the country. I'm afraid this is unexpected by Li Hongzhang. 1On July 25th, 894, the Sino-Japanese Sino-Japanese War of 1894 broke out. The "Zhenyuan" ship encountered the main force of the Japanese army in the waters near Dadonggou at the mouth of the Yalu River, and the situation was fierce. Lin Tai, the pipeline leader, once led the officers and men of the whole ship to swear: "If the ship survives, it will survive, and if the ship dies, it will die." Cooperate with the "Dingyuan" ship against five Japanese ships and hit the Japanese ship "Xijing Maru" hard. Zhenyuan was also injured in many places, but he was still fighting the enemy while fighting the fire. 1October 17, the ship Zhenyuan sailed into Lushun Port and accidentally hit the rocks. At this time, the Lushun Wharf has been captured by the Japanese, and the "Zhenyuan" ship has injured thousands of people and there is nowhere to repair it. During his visit to Japan, Lin Taizeng, a general of the Qing navy who was praised by the Japanese navy as the "treasure knife" of the Beiyang navy, committed suicide in anger because of "careless use of troops and damage to the huge ship", at the age of 44. On the day of death, knowing and not knowing, salty is a kind of pain. Yang Yonglin took over the "Zhenyuan" ship management belt. 1February, 895 12, his subordinates recommended him to contact the Japanese army and surrender. Yang Yonglin sternly refused, reciting the poem "Who has never died since ancient times, leaving Dan Xin as a historical record", and committed suicide at the age of 42. On February 7th/KLOC-0, Zhenyuan Ship was captured by the Japanese army and incorporated into the Japanese fleet. It became the first armored battleship of the Japanese navy, attended Kobe Naval High School and served in the Japanese navy for seventeen years. 19 12 was dismantled and sold on April 6th. It is outrageous that the iron anchor and anchor chain left by the "Zhenyuan" ship were displayed by the Japanese government in Ueno Park in Tokyo to humiliate the people of China. 1947, General Zhong Hanbo went to China as a liaison officer, and used the Japanese anti-smuggling ships "Xing Fei" and "Longshun" captured by the Japanese during World War II to take back the humiliated Zhenyuan relics and return to China, which was a disgrace. However, the Kuomintang was corrupt, and some people actually sold the 300-ton iron anchor chain of Zhenyuan Ship as scrap iron. The famous naval station happened to see these anchor chains in the blacksmith's shop, asked why, sighed, and defected to the * * * production party in July 1947 and joined the ranks of the people's navy.