Ding Yuan, the flagship of Beiyang Fleet

The Beiyang Fleet (Traditional Chinese: 北洋艦隊; Simplified Chinese: 北洋舰队; Pinyin: Bêiyáng Jiàndùi) was one of the four modernised Chinese navies in the late Qing Dynasty. The navies were heavily sponsored by Li Hongzhang, who was the Viceroy of Zhili. The Beiyang Fleet soon became the dominant navy in East Asia before the onset of First Sino-Japanese War in 1894 - 1895. Image File history File links Ding_Yuan. ... Image File history File links Ding_Yuan. ... Traditional Chinese characters are one of two standard character sets of printed contemporary Chinese written language. ... Simplified Chinese characters (Simplified Chinese: 简体字; Traditional Chinese: 簡體字; pinyin: jiǎntǐzì; also called 简化字/簡化字, jiǎnhuàzì) are one of two standard character sets of printed contemporary Chinese written language. ... Pinyin is a system of romanization (phonemic notation and transcription to Roman script) for Standard Mandarin, where pin means spell and yin means sound. The most common variant of pinyin in use is called Hanyu Pinyin (Simplified Chinese: , Traditional Chinese: ; pinyin: HànyÇ” PÄ«nyÄ«n), also known as scheme... The Qing Dynasty (Chinese: ; Pinyin: QÄ«ng cháo; Wade-Giles: Ching chao; Manchu: daicing gurun), occasionally known as the Manchu Dynasty, is a Chinese term for the Empire of the Great Qing (Traditional Chinese: ; pinyin: dàqÄ«ngguó), founded by the Manchu clan Aisin Gioro, in what... Li Hongzhang (February 15, 1823 – November 7, 1901) was a Chinese general who ended several major rebellions, and a leading statesman of the late Qing Empire. ... The Viceroy of Zhili (直隸總督/直隶总督), fully referred to as the Governor General of Zhili and surrounding areas; Overseeing Military Affairs, Food Production; Manager of Waterways; Director of Civil Affairs (總督直隸等處地方，提督軍務、糧餉、管理河道兼巡撫事), was one of eight viceroys of the Qing Dynasty in China. ... East Asia is a subregion of Asia that can be defined in either geographical or cultural terms. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... 1894 (MDCCCXCIV) was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... 1895 (MDCCCXCV) was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Thursday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar). ...

Creation

The creation of the Beiyang Navy dated back to 1871, when four ships from the southern provinces were shifted north to patrol the northern waters. In the beginning, this navy was considered to be the weakest when compared to the other three Chinese navies. This soon changed when Li Hongzhong alloted the majority of naval funds to the Beiyang Fleet. Unlike the other Chinese fleets, the Beiyang Fleet consisted mostly of battleships imported from Germany and Britain. When the flagships Dingyuan and Zhenyuan were purchased from Germany, the superiority in strength of the Beiyang Fleet became evident. 1871 (MDCCCLXXI) was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... The Dingyuan (Traditional Chinese: 定遠; Simplified Chinese: 定远; Hanyu Pinyin: ) was a Chinese battleship and the flagship of the Imperial Beiyang Navy. ... -1...

The Qing Chinese navies at its peak consisted of 78 ships, with total tonnage at 83,900 tons. However, construction of new ships almost completely stopped in 1888 due to high expenditures in other fields by the Qing Dynasty. 1888 (MDCCCLXXXVIII) is a leap year starting on Sunday (click on link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar or a leap year starting on Tuesday of the Julian calendar. ...

First Sino-Japanese War

Claiming her responsibilities on Choson affairs, the Imperial Japanese Navy launched the First Sino-Japanese War in 1894 against China. In the Battle of Yalu River, the Beiyang Fleet suffered heavy losses against the Japanese and was eventually annihilated in Weihai-Wei. Korea (Korean: (ì¡°ì„  or 한국, see below) is a geographic area, civilization, and former state situated on the Korean Peninsula in East Asia. ... The Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) (: 大日本帝國海軍 Shinjitai: 大日本帝国海軍 or 日本海軍 Nippon Kaigun) or sometimes referred to as the Combined Fleet was the Navy of Empire of Japan (Dai Nippon Teikoku) from 1869 until 1947, when it was dissolved following Japans constitutional renunciation of the use of force as a means of settling... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Battle of Yalu River can refer to: Battle of Yalu River (1894), during the First Sino-Japanese War Battle of Yalu River (1904), during the Russo-Japanese War This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ...

Minor attempts to rebuild the fleet were made after the war, but the Beiyang Navy was never to reattain its former significance.

See also

• Beiyang Army
• Self-Strengthening Movement

The Beiyang Army (北洋軍 běiyáng-jūn) was a powerful and Western-appearing Chinese military force created by the Qing dynasty government in the late 19th century. ... Self-Strengthening Movement (Chinese: 洋务运动 or 自強運動; c 1861–1894) was a period of political reforms aimed at modernizing and liberalizing Chinese institutions toward the end of the Qing Dynasty, following a series of military defeats and concessions to foreign powers. ...

External links

• Travel Guide on the Ting Yuen
• (Chinese) Beiyang.org
• (Chinese) Beiyang Navy