Chinese cruiser Hai Tien information

	Hai Tien before her handover to China, 1897
History
Imperial China
Name	Hai Tien (海天)
Builder	Armstrong Whitworth
Cost	£336,659
Laid down	16 February 1897
Launched	25 November 1897
Completed	28 March 1899
Acquired	August 1899
Maiden voyage	22 May 1899
Homeport	Shanghai
Fate	Foundered 25 April 1904
General characteristics
Class and type	Hai Chi-class protected cruiser
Displacement	4,300 tons (standard); 4,515 t (full load);
Length	129.2 m (423 ft 11 in) o/a
Beam	14.2 m (46 ft 7 in)
Draught	5.45 m (17 ft 11 in)
Propulsion	2 shafts, 4 Hawthorn Leslie VTE engines, 12-cylindrical boilers, 17,000 bhp (12,700 kW)
Speed	24.15 knots (27.79 mph; 44.73 km/h)
Range	8,000 nmi (15,000 km) at 'economical speed'
Complement	400
Armament	2 × 203.2-millimetre (8.00 in)/45 (1 × 1); 10 × 120 mm (5 in)/45 (1 × 1); 16 × 47 mm (2 in)/40 (16 × 1); 5 × 450 mm (18 in) torpedo tubes (1 × 1 bow, 4 × 1 stern);
Armour	Deck: 37–127 mm (1–5 in); Turrets: 114.3 mm (5 in); Barbettes: 51 mm (2 in); Conning tower: 152 mm (6 in);

Hai Tien (Chinese: 海天; pinyin: Hǎi Tiān; Wade–Giles: Hai Tien; lit. 'Heavenly Sea') was the second ship of the Hai Chi class of protected cruisers and one of the last built for the Manchu Qing dynasty.^[1]

^ Gardiner, Robert (1979). Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860-1905 (First American ed.). New York: Mayflower Books. p. 397. ISBN 0831703024.

[1] Gardiner, Robert (1979). Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860-1905 (First American ed.). New York: Mayflower Books. p. 397. ISBN 0831703024.

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History
Hai Tien before her handover to China, 1897
Imperial China
Name	Hai Tien (海天)
Builder	Armstrong Whitworth
Cost	£336,659
Laid down	16 February 1897
Launched	25 November 1897
Completed	28 March 1899
Acquired	August 1899
Maiden voyage	22 May 1899
Homeport	Shanghai
Fate	Foundered 25 April 1904
General characteristics
Class and type	Hai Chi-class protected cruiser
Displacement	4,300 tons (standard) 4,515 t (full load)
Length	129.2 m (423 ft 11 in) o/a
Beam	14.2 m (46 ft 7 in)
Draught	5.45 m (17 ft 11 in)
Propulsion	2 shafts, 4 Hawthorn Leslie VTE engines, 12-cylindrical boilers, 17,000 bhp (12,700 kW)
Speed	24.15 knots (27.79 mph; 44.73 km/h)
Range	8,000 nmi (15,000 km) at 'economical speed'
Complement	400
Armament	2 × 203.2-millimetre (8.00 in)/45 (1 × 1) 10 × 120 mm (5 in)/45 (1 × 1) 16 × 47 mm (2 in)/40 (16 × 1) 5 × 450 mm (18 in) torpedo tubes (1 × 1 bow, 4 × 1 stern)
Armour	Deck: 37–127 mm (1–5 in) Turrets: 114.3 mm (5 in) Barbettes: 51 mm (2 in) Conning tower: 152 mm (6 in)