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on 17 September 1894. Early in the battle, the captain of
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643:Chesneau, Roger and Eugene M. Kolesnik (editors),
447:on either side of the deck. The ship also had two
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709:Shipwrecks and maritime incidents in 1894
645:All The World's Fighting Ships 1860-1905
402:, two smokestacks, and single mast. Her
16:For other ships with the same name, see
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167:5.11 m (16 ft 9 in)
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429:The ship's main armament was two
120:Sunk in combat; 17 September 1894
660:The Chinese Steam Navy 1862-1945
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485:. Although its armor belt gave
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18:Chinese cruiser Jingyuan (1886)
662:. London: Chatham Publishing.
658:Wright, Richard N. J. (2000).
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515:On arrival in China in 1888,
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622:for over an hour. Briefly,
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626:appeared to be closing on
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296:Ching-Yuen or King-Yuen
125:General characteristics
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1115:Naval ships of China
451:and five 37 mm
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198:270 officers and men
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1007:Sarah Dixon
778:Valkyrie II
766:Los Angeles
609:Akitsushima
592:Tsuboi Kozo
529:Vladivostok
381:Jeune Ecole
312:sister ship
1125:1887 ships
1104:Categories
1074:39°12′50″N
717:Shipwrecks
638:References
404:belt armor
367:Matsushima
336:turned to
332:, Viceroy
324:Background
291:Wade–Giles
195:Complement
1030:RMS
1019:Pickhuben
935:Huntcliff
874:Wairarapa
790:Matchless
730:Kearsarge
603:Takachiho
555:with the
549:Weihaiwei
545:Singapore
506:laid down
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109:Completed
93:Laid down
33:King Yuen
838:Jingyuan
814:Chaoyong
802:Colonist
632:Jingyuan
624:Jingyuan
620:Jingyuan
563:Jingyuan
540:Zhenyuan
534:Dingyuan
517:Jingyuan
510:launched
502:Jingyuan
487:Jingyuan
478:Zhenyuan
472:Dingyuan
463:Jingyuan
445:sponsons
396:Jingyuan
358:gunboats
350:Jingyuan
286:Jīngyuǎn
268:Jingyuan
203:Armament
184:Capacity
175:16
101:Launched
65:Jingyuen
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995:Lurline
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850:Yangwei
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628:Yoshino
597:Yoshino
588:Laiyuan
579:gunboat
575:Laiyuan
567:Laiyuan
521:Laiyuan
467:Laiyuan
420:ramming
373:monitor
354:Laiyuan
346:Germany
342:Stettin
317:Laiyuan
273:Chinese
71:Builder
40:History
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1049:← 1893
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991:9 Nov:
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774:5 Jul:
754:Aarhus
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148:Length
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886:Ozama
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437:Krupp
369:class
172:Speed
164:Draft
862:Ohio
664:ISBN
649:ISBN
565:and
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219:guns
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189:coal
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