Chinese cruiser Laiyuan
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The Laiyuan (來遠; Romanized as Lai Yuen) was an armoured cruiser built by the Stettiner Vulcan AG
shipyard in Stettin, Germany
for the Chinese
Beiyang Fleet
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Lai Yuen displaced 2900 t (2,854.2 LT) and had a speed of 16 kn (31.4 km/h; 19.5 mph). Her armament consisted of two 210 mm (8.3 in) guns, two 150 mm (5.9 in) guns, and four 457 mm (18 in) torpedo tube
s. To this was added eight machine gun
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Lai Yuen took part in the Battle of the Yalu River against the Imperial Japanese Navy
on 17 September 1894 and suffered numerous hits. Lai Yuen would later be sunk at Weihaiwei.
Stettiner Vulcan AG
Aktien-Gesellschaft Vulcan Stettin was a German shipbuilding and locomotive builder company, located in Stettin . AG Vulcan Stettin played a significant role in both World Wars, building U-boats and warships for the Kaiserliche Marine...
shipyard in Stettin, Germany
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
for the Chinese
China
Chinese civilization may refer to:* China for more general discussion of the country.* Chinese culture* Greater China, the transnational community of ethnic Chinese.* History of China* Sinosphere, the area historically affected by Chinese culture...
Beiyang Fleet
Beiyang Fleet
The Beiyang Fleet was one of the four modernised Chinese navies in the late Qing Dynasty. Among the four, the Beiyang Fleet was particularly sponsored by Li Hongzhang, one of the most trusted vassals of Empress Dowager Cixi and the principal patron of the "self-strengthening movement" in northern...
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Lai Yuen displaced 2900 t (2,854.2 LT) and had a speed of 16 kn (31.4 km/h; 19.5 mph). Her armament consisted of two 210 mm (8.3 in) guns, two 150 mm (5.9 in) guns, and four 457 mm (18 in) torpedo tube
Torpedo tube
A torpedo tube is a device for launching torpedoes. There are two main types of torpedo tube: underwater tubes fitted to submarines and some surface ships, and deck-mounted units installed aboard surface vessels...
s. To this was added eight machine gun
Machine gun
A machine gun is a fully automatic mounted or portable firearm, usually designed to fire rounds in quick succession from an ammunition belt or large-capacity magazine, typically at a rate of several hundred rounds per minute....
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Lai Yuen took part in the Battle of the Yalu River against the Imperial Japanese Navy
Imperial Japanese Navy
The Imperial Japanese Navy was the navy of the Empire of Japan from 1869 until 1947, when it was dissolved following Japan's constitutional renunciation of the use of force as a means of settling international disputes...
on 17 September 1894 and suffered numerous hits. Lai Yuen would later be sunk at Weihaiwei.