Chinese gunboat Pingyuan

	In Japanese service, as Heien
History
China
Name	Longwei; Pingyuan;
Builder	Foochow Arsenal, Mawei, China
Laid down	1 January 1883
Launched	1888
Completed	1890
Fate	Captured by Japan, 1895
Empire of Japan
Name	Ping Yuen Go; Heien;
Acquired	27 July 1894
Fate	Mined off Pigeon Bay (Piegen Bay) west of Port Arthur, 18 September 1904
General characteristics
Displacement	2,150 long tons (2,185 t)
Length	60.96 m (200 ft) w/l
Beam	12.19 m (40 ft)
Draft	4.19 m (13 ft 9 in)
Propulsion	2-shaft reciprocating triple expansion steam engine, 2,400 shp (1,790 kW); 2 boilers; 350 tons coal;
Speed	10.5 knots (12.1 mph; 19.4 km/h)
Complement	202
Armament	1 × 260 mm (10 in) gun; 2 × 150 mm (6 in) guns; 8 × machine guns; 4 × 18 in (457 mm) torpedo tubes;
Armor	Belt: 203 mm (8 in); Deck: 508 mm (20 in); Turret: 127 mm (5 in);

Pingyuan (Chinese:平远) was a Chinese armored cruiser built by the Mawei Navy Yard, modelled on the French Template:Sclass-. The name is also spelled Ping Yuen, Ping Yuan or Ping-yüan. Pingyuan was firstly named Longwei (Chinese:龙威), and was the first Chinese-built ironclad, though some of its components were imported from abroad. Pingyuan was part of the Beiyang Fleet.

Career

Pingyuan fought in the Battle of the Yalu River, damaging the Japanese flagship Matsushima, and was later captured in the siege of Weihaiwei. She was then commissioned into the Imperial Japanese Navy, firstly as Ping Yuen Go and later as Heien.

External links

38°57′N 120°56′E / 38.950°N 120.933°E / 38.950; 120.933

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