Chinese gunboat Pingyuan

In Japanese service, as Heien
History
China
Name:
  • Longwei
  • Pingyuan
Builder: Foochow Arsenal, Mawei, China
Laid down: 1 January 1883
Launched: 1888
Completed: 1890
Fate: Captured by Japan, 1895
Empire of Japan
Name:
Acquired: 27 July 1894
Fate: Mined off Pigeon Bay (Piegen Bay) west of Port Arthur, 18 September 1904
General characteristics
Displacement: 2,150 long tons (2,185 t)
Length: 60.96 m (200 ft) w/l
Beam: 12.19 m (40 ft)
Draft: 4.19 m (13 ft 9 in)
Propulsion:
Speed: 10.5 knots (12.1 mph; 19.4 km/h)
Complement: 202
Armament:
Armor:
  • Belt: 203 mm (8 in)
  • Deck: 508 mm (20 in)
  • Turret: 127 mm (5 in)

Pingyuan (Chinese:) was a Chinese armored cruiser built by the Mawei Navy Yard, modelled on the French Acheron-class gunboat. The name is also spelled Ping Yuen, Ping Yuan or Ping-yüan. Pingyuan was firstly named Longwei (Chinese:), and was the first Chinese-built ironclad, though some of its components were imported from abroad. Pingyuan was part of the Beiyang Fleet.

Career

Pingyuan fought in the Battle of the Yalu River, damaging the Japanese flagship Matsushima, and was later captured in the siege of Weihaiwei. She was then commissioned into the Imperial Japanese Navy, firstly as Ping Yuen Go and later as Heien.

Ping Yuen

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Coordinates: 38°57′N 120°56′E / 38.950°N 120.933°E / 38.950; 120.933


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