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RSS FeedsWreckage ID`d as sunken Qing warship
(WorldNews China)

 
 

22 september 2018 04:45:03

 
Wreckage ID`d as sunken Qing warship
(WorldNews China)
 


Experts have confirmed that a shipwreck found in waters off the coast of northeastern China`s Liaoning province is that of a legendry cruiser sunk during the First Sino-Japanese War (1894-95). The mighty Jingyuan - spelled `King Yuen` at the time - was an armored cruiser from the Beiyang Fleet, the modernized imperial navy of the Qing Dynasty (1644-1911). Built in 1887 in Germany`s Stettin (now Szczecin, Poland), the ship was 82.4 meters long and had a displacement of 2,900 metric tons. It was lost along with three other vessels on Sept 17, 1894, during the Battle of the Yalu...


 
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