Modern naval materials in the Westernization Movement

1In May, 875, the Qing government approved the request of the Foreign Affairs Office of the Prime Minister to establish the Beiyang Navy first, and appointed Li Hong.

Zhang Du Beiyang Haiphong. The ships of Beiyang Navy were mainly purchased by the Qing government from abroad. first batch

The imported warships were ordered by 1875 from Armstrong factory in England, and the six gunboats ordered by 1879 arrived in China. Later, Beiyang Navy purchased the second, third, fourth and fifth batches of ships from Britain and Germany (wolken factory) in 188 1 882, 1885 and 1887 respectively, among which: single-tube torpedo boats. Armored ships "Dingyuan" and "Zhenyuan"; The armored cruiser Jiyuan; Cruiser "Ren Yuan" and so on; The training ships Weiyuan and Jikang built by the Qing government in 1877 and 1879, and the transport ships Agile and Liyuan also served in Beiyang Navy.

So far, there are 29 Beiyang Navy ships. 1888 12 17 The Qing government appointed Ding as Beiyang.

Liu served as the right-wing company commander of Beiyang Navy, and Lin Tai served as the left-wing company commander of Beiyang Navy. Northern Navy

Formally established. 1890, Beiyang navy supplemented the self-made cruiser "Pingyuan" and bought a large torpedo.

Long Fu has developed into a modern naval fleet with 3/kloc-0 ships and a total displacement of nearly 40,000 tons. regrettable

However, due to misappropriation of funds and other reasons, Beiyang Navy has not added any ships since it reached its peak in 1890.

A boat.