Chinese cruiser King Yuen

King Yuen King Yuen
Career (China)	Beiyang Navy Ensign
Name:	King Yuen
Builder:	Stettiner AG Vulcan, Stettin, Germany
Fate:	Sunk 17 September 1894
General characteristics
Displacement:	2,850 long tons (2,900 t)
Length:	82.4 m (270 ft 4 in)
Beam:	11.99 m (39 ft 4 in)
Draft:	5.11 m (16 ft 9 in)
Speed:	16 kn (30 km/h; 18 mph)
Capacity:	320 tons of coal
Complement:	270
Armament:	2 × 210 mm (8.3 in) guns, 2 × 150 mm (5.9 in) guns, 8 × machine guns, 4 × 457 mm (18.0 in) torpedo tubes
Armour:	Belt: 241 mm (9.5 in) Turret: 203 mm (8.0 in)

The King Yuen (Chinese:經遠) was an armoured cruiser that was built by the Stettiner Vulcan AG shipyards in Stettin, Germany for the Beiyang Fleet.

King Yuen displaced 2,850 long tons (2,900 t) and had a speed of 16 kn (30 km/h; 18 mph). Her armament consisted of two 210 mm (8.3 in) guns, two 150 mm (5.9 in) guns, and four 457 mm (18.0 in) torpedo tubes. To this was added eight machine guns.

King Yuen took part in the Battle of the Yalu River against the Imperial Japanese Navy on 17 September 1894, where she was sunk.

References

• Wright, Richard N. J., The Chinese Steam Navy 1862-1945, Chatham Publishing, London, 2000, ISBN 1-86176-144-9
• Chesneau, Roger and Eugene M. Kolesnik (editors), All The World's Fighting Ships 1860-1905, Conway Maritime Press, 1979 reprinted 2002, ISBN 0-85177-133-5

External links

• Battle of the Yalu River