| Name: | CHING YUAN or CHING YUEN |
| Type: | Cruiser |
| Keel: | 29/10/1885 |
| Launched: | 14/12/1886 |
| Completed: | 09/07/1887 |
| Builder: | Sir WG Armstrong, Mitchell & Co Ltd |
| Yard: | Elswick |
| Yard Number: | 494 |
| Dimensions: | 2310disp, 250.0 x 38.0 x 15.0(draft)ft |
| Engines: | 2 x T3cyl (30, 44 & 68 x 36ins), 5500ihp |
| Engines by: | R & W Hawthorn, Leslie & Co Ltd, St Peter's, Newcastle |
| Propulsion: | 2 x Screws, 18.0knots |
| Construction: | Steel |
| Armament: | 1 x 2 x 8.2ins, 1 x 8.2ins, 2 x 1 x 6.0ins, 8 x 1 x 6pdr QF, 2 x 1 x 3pdr QF guns; |
| 4 x 1 x 14.0ins torpedoes (fwd, aft & broadside) | |
| History: | |
| 09/07/1887 | Chinese Navy |
| 17/09/1894 | Sank |
| Comments: | Sister to CHIH YUAN |
| Ordered for the Peiyang Fleet at a cost of £285,000 | |
| 17/09/1894: Damaged at the Battle of the Yalu River, against the Imerial Japanese Navy. | |
| 09/02/1895: The Japanese capured the forts protecting Wei-Hai-Wei and used one of the fort's guns to sink the CHING YUAN with 60 casualties | |
| 1896: Raised and scrapped |
Above photo is courtesy of Photoship
Above image of CHING YUAN / CHIH YUAN is courtesy of Photoship
Above plan of CHING YUAN / CHIH YUAN is copyright of Peter Brook