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Wei Yuen-class: Gunboat: Fujian Maritime Administration: 1296-1300: 1887: 1894/9/17 Sunk in accident, or 1894/9/17 Badly damaged by the Japanese during the Battle of the Yalu River and beached [1] [3] [2] Hai Tung Hung (海東雄) Rendel gunboat: Whampoa Dockyard, Guangdong: 430: 1880: c. 1918 Stricken [1] [2] [4] Kuang Yuan (廣元) Kuang Yuan ...
Weiyuan General Cannon [3] (simplified Chinese: 威远将军炮; traditional Chinese: 威遠將軍炮), also known as "Weiyuan General Gun" or "Divine Invincible Great General Cannon", [4] was a large-caliber, short-barreled front-mounted mortar, [5] manufactured in the 29th year of Kangxi in the Qing Dynasty (1690).
The Republic of China Navy is the maritime branch of the Republic of China Armed Forces.The ROC Navy's primary mission is to defend ROC territories and the sea lanes that surround Taiwan against a blockade, attack, or possible invasion by the People's Liberation Army Navy of the People's Republic of China.
1. Gigayacht. Sold for: $168 million Roman Abramovich, a Russian billionaire, must have been staring at an empty dock for a while now, because the 168 milly he shelled out for a 400-foot yacht is ...
Zi Wei may refer to: Zi Wei (crater), on the Moon; Ziwei enclosure, or the Purple Forbidden enclosure, a constellation in Chinese astronomy;
The boiler from the John Evenson steam tug now lies on the bottom of Lake Michigan. The 54-foot steam tug sank on June 5, 1895, and was finally discovered by two Wisconsin maritime historians on ...
The Ziwei Emperor resides in the middle of Heaven and assists the Jade Emperor in administrative duties of Heaven and Earth; Sun and Moon; four seasons and weather. He commands all deities of constellations, mountains, and rivers.
Wei Yuan. Wei Yuan (Chinese: 魏源; pinyin: Wèi Yuán; April 23, 1794 – March 26, 1857), [1] born Wei Yuanda (魏遠達), courtesy names Moshen (默深) and Hanshi (漢士), was a Chinese scholar from Shaoyang, Hunan. He moved to Yangzhou, Jiangsu in 1831, where he remained for the rest of his life.