The Yangwu, flagship of China's Fujian Fleet. |
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Name: | Yangwu (揚武) |
Owner: | Fujian Fleet |
Launched: | 1872 |
Fate: | Sunk in 1884 |
General characteristics | |
Displacement: | 1,393 long tons (1,415 t) |
Propulsion: | 3-masted sailboat with 250 hp (190 kW) engine |
Armament: | 13 British muzzle-loaders |
The Yangwu (Chinese:揚武, Yang-wu) was a Chinese warship and the flagship of the Fujian Fleet.
The Yangwu was a wooden corvette, built in 1872 at the Foochow Navy Yard. She was part of a large shipbuilding program at the Foochow Arsenal, and cost 254,000 taels (353,000 silver dollars) for her construction.[1] She was 1,393 tons, 250 horsepower (190 kW) with a speed of 15 knots (28 km/h), and was equipped with 13 British muzzle-loaders.
The Yangwu was torpedoed and sunk by Amédée Courbet's Far East Squadron during the Battle of Fuzhou, on 23 August 1884.[2]