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Battle of Shipu
Part of the Sino-French War
Map of the battle
Date
14 February 1885
Location
Shipu Bay (石浦灣)
Result
French victory
Belligerents
France
Qing dynasty
Commanders and leaders
Amédée Courbet
Wu Ankang
Strength
2 ironclads 3 cruisers 1 gunboat
3 cruisers 1 frigate 1 sloop
Casualties and losses
1 killed
1 frigate sunk 1 sloop sunk by friendly fire
v
t
e
Sino-French War
Naval battles
Fuzhou
Tamsui
Shipu
Zhenhai
Vietnam
Hưng Hóa
Kep
Yu Oc
Tuyên Quang
Núi Bop
1st Lạng Sơn
Đồng Đăng
Hòa Mộc
Phu Lam Tao
Bang Bo
2nd Lạng Sơn
Taiwan
Keelung (Tamsui)
Pescadores
The Battle of Shipu (Chinese: 石浦海戰) was a French naval victory during the Sino-French War (August 1884–April 1885). The battle took place on the night of 14 February 1885 in Shipu Bay (石浦灣), near Ningbo, China.
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