Yangwu(pictured left) with the Chinese gunboat Fuxing at anchor, the night before the Battle of Fuzhou.
History
Imperial China
Name
Yangwu (揚武)
Namesake
Yangwu
Builder
Foochow Arsenal
Launched
April 23, 1872
Fate
Sunk August 23, 1884
General characteristics
Type
Corvette
Displacement
1,393 long tons (1,415 t)
Length
190 feet 2 inches (57.96 m)
Beam
36 feet (11 m)
Draught
16 feet 5 inches (5.00 m)
Installed power
250 hp (190 kW)
4 boilers
Propulsion
Steam engine
Speed
13 knots (24 km/h; 15 mph)
Complement
270
Armament
8 × 70-pounder guns
2 × 24-pounder long guns
1 × 150-pounder gun
Yangwu (Chinese: 揚武; pinyin: Yangwu; Wade–Giles: Yang-wu or Yang Woo) was a wooden corvette built for the Imperial Chinese Navy. She was built in 1872 at the Foochow Arsenal, and was the largest ship built there from the shipbuilding programme of 1868–75. During her early career, she was used as a training ship and under the command of English captains. She later saw action in the Battle of Fuzhou in 1884, the opening action of the Sino-French War, where she acted as the flagship of the Fujian Fleet. Shortly after the start of the battle, she was damaged by a spar torpedo, causing a large explosion and the loss of the majority of her crew; she was sunk shortly afterwards by enemy fire.
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