Ding Ruchang

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Ding Ruchang (Chinese characters: 丁汝昌; pinyin: Dīng Rǔchāng, Wade-Giles: Ting Ju-ch'ang) (18 November 1836 - 12 February 1895) was the commander of the Qing Empire's Beiyang Fleet during the Battle of the Yalu River in the First Sino-Japanese War. He became a casualty of the battle from the opening shot of his own vessel, the Dingyuan, along with a number of officers also present on the bridge. He comitted a suicide, after he had been forced to giving up Wei-hai-wei base to the Japanese.