List of ships of the Chinese Navy (1644–1945)

This is a list of Chinese naval vessels from the Qing Dynasty to the end of World War II (1644–1945), including vessels of the Imperial Chinese Navy (1875–1912), the Republican Beiyang Fleet (1912–1928) and the Republic of China Navy (1924–1945):

+ Name Class Type Manufacturer Displacement Launched Fate Source(s) Keang Soo (江蘇)later Chen Wu (鎮吳) Dispatch boat J. Samuel White and Company 1289 1863 1867/11/3 Sold to Satsuma Domain as Kasuga Maru 1870/4 Captured by Imperial Japan as Kasuga 1894/2/2 Stricken Pekin (北京)later Chin T'ai (金台) Vigilant-class Gunboat Young, Magnay and Company 860 1856 (as HMS Mohawk, purchased 1862) 1865/12/30 Sold to Egypt China (中國)later I T'ung (一統) Gunboat Devonport Dockyard Greenock Foundry Company 913 1862 (as HMS Africa, purchased 1862) 1865/12/30 Sold to Egypt Kwang Tung (廣東)later Pai Yueh (百粵) Dispatch boat Laird 522 1863 1860s Sold to India Tien Tsin (天津)later San Wei (三衛) Dispatch boat Laird 448 1863 Later used as customs cruiser in Canton1865/12/30 Sold to Egypt Amoy (廈門)later Kuang Wan (廣萬) Algerine-class Gunboat R. & H. Green, Blackwall 370 1857 (as HMS Jasper, purchased 1862) 1865/12/30 Sold to Egypt Mokeden (盛京)later Te Sheng (得勝) Transport Unknown Unknown 1860s (as Ballarat) 1860s Auctioned in UK Thule (都利) Transport Unknown Unknown 1860s 1860s Sold to IndiaLater transferred to Zanzibar Dai Ching (大清) Gunboat James C. Jewett & Co. 520 1863 1863/4/21 Sold by manufacturer to US Navy1865/1/26 Burnt Kiang Soo (江蘇) Kiang Soo-class Gunboat James C. Jewett & Co. 183 1863 1863/6/22 Sold to Union Navy as Fuchsia1865/8/5 Sold as commercial ship Chih Kiang (浙江) Kiang Soo-class Gunboat James C. Jewett & Co. 183 1863 1863/6/22 Sold to Union Navy as Tulip1864/11/11 Lost in explosion at Ragged Point, Virginia Ting Yuen (定遠) Ting Yuen-class Ironclad Stettiner Maschinebau A.G. Vulcan 7220 1881 1895/2/6 or 1895/2/10 Sunk by Japanese torpedoes during Battle of Weihaiwei Chen Yuen (鎮遠) Ting Yuen-class Ironclad Stettiner Maschinebau A.G. Vulcan 7220 1882 1895/2/17 Captured by Japan after Battle of Weihaiwei as Chin'en1911/4/1 Stricken Ping Yuen (平遠)formerly Lung Wei (龍威) Ironclad Fujian Maritime Administration 2150 1888 1895/2/12 or 1895/2/17 Captured by Japan as Ping Yuen Go1900 Renamed as Heien1904/9/18 Mined off Pigeon Bay (Piegen Bay) west of Port Arthur Chao Yung (超勇) Tsukushi-class Cruiser Mitchell 1380 1880 or 1881 1894/9/17 Sunk during Battle of the Yalu River Yang Wei (揚威) Tsukushi-class Cruiser Mitchell 1380 1881 1894/9/17 Sunk during Battle of the Yalu River Tsi Yuen (濟遠) Cruiser Stettiner Maschinebau A.G. Vulcan 2300-2355 1883 1895/2/12 or 1895/2/17 Captured by Japan after Battle of Weihaiwei as Saien1904/11/30 Mined off Port Arthur Nan Chen (南琛) Nan Chen-class An improvement of the Kai Chi-class Cruiser Howaldt 2200 1883 1903 or 1910 Stricken Nan Shui (南瑞) Nan Chen-class Cruiser Howaldt 2200 1884 1919 or 1920 Stricken Chih Yuen (致遠) Chih Yuen-class Armoured cruiser Armstrong Elswick Shipyard 2300 1886 1894/9/17 Sunk during Battle of the Yalu River Ching Yuen (靖遠) Chih Yuen-class Armoured Cruiser Armstrong Elswick Shipyard 2300 1886 1895/2/9 Sunk during Battle of Weihaiwei1896-7 Raised and scrapped King Yuen (經遠) Based on the French corvette Résolue (1872) Armoured Cruiser Stettiner Maschinebau A.G. Vulcan 2900 1887 1894/9/17 Sunk during Battle of the Yalu River Lai Yuen (來遠) Armoured Cruiser Stettiner Maschinebau A.G. Vulcan 2900 1887 1895/2/5 or 1895/2/6 Sunk by Kotaka during Battle of Weihaiwei Yang Wu (揚武) Corvette Fujian Maritime Administration 1560-1608 1872 1884/8/23 Sunk by French Torpedo Boat No. 46 during Battle of Fuzhou Hai An (海安)formerly Chen An (鎮安) Hai An-class Based on the French corvette Armorique (1863) Frigate Jiangnan Shipyard 2630-2800 1872 1878 Stricken Yu Yuen (馭遠) Hai An-class Frigate Jiangnan Shipyard 2630-2800 1873 1885/2/14 Sunk by friendly fire from Teng Ching, or1885/2/15 Sunk by French ironclad Bayard at Battle of Shipu Kai Chi (開濟) Kai Chi-class Based on the French frigate Duguay-Trouin (1873) Frigate Fujian Maritime Administration 2110-2200 1882-1883 1902/6/22 Sunk by accidental explosion in Nanjing Ching Ching (鏡清) Kai Chi-class Frigate Fujian Maritime Administration 2100 or 2110-2200 1886 1918 or 1920 Stricken Huan Tai (寰泰) Kai Chi-class Frigate Fujian Maritime Administration 2110-2200 1886 1903/8/17 Sunk by collision with RMS Empress of India Pao Min (保民) Corvette Jiangnan Shipyard 1477 or 1480 1885 1903 Hulked1920/3 Sold in Vietnam1920 Stricken Fu Sheng (福勝) Fu Sheng-class Rendel gunboat Laird 256 1875 1884/8/23 Sunk during Battle of Fuzhou Chen Sheng (建勝) Fu Sheng-class Rendel gunboat Laird 256 1875 1884/8/23 Sunk during Battle of Fuzhou Lung Hsiang (龍驤)formerly Alpha Lung Hsiang-class Rendel gunboat Mitchell 320 18761900s or 1910s Stricken Hu Wei (虎威)formerly Beta Lung Hsiang-class Rendel gunboat Mitchell 320 18761900s or 1910s Stricken Fei Ting (飛霆)formerly Gamma Fei Ting-class Rendel gunboat Mitchell 400-420 18761905/8/13 Sunk by accidental explosion Tse Tien (策電)formerly Delta Fei Ting-class Rendel gunboat Mitchell 420 18761918 Soldc. 1929 Stricken (鎮北)formerly Epsilon An improvement of the Fei Ting-class Rendel gunboat Mitchell 430-440 1879 1895 Captured by Japan as Chinhoku1906/6/8 Stricken (鎮南)formerly Zeta Rendel gunboat Mitchell 430-440 1879 1895 Captured by Japan as Chinnan1908/5/15 Stricken (鎮西)formerly Eta Rendel gunboat Mitchell 430-440 1879 1895 Captured by Japan as Chinzei1908/5/23 Sold to civil service (鎮東)formerly Theta Rendel gunboat Mitchell 430-440 1879 1895 Captured by Japan as Chintō1906/6/8 Stricken (鎮中)formerly Iota Chen Chung-class An improvement of the Chen Pei-class Rendel gunboat Mitchell 440 1880 1895 Captured by Japan as Chinchu1906/6/8 Stricken (鎮邊)formerly Kappa Chen Chung-class Rendel gunboat Mitchell 440 1880 1895 Captured by Japan as Chinpen1906/6/8 Stricken Hai Ting Ching (海鏡清)formerly Lambdaalso Chen Hai Chen Chung-class Rendel gunboat Mitchell 440 1880 1900s or 1929 Stricken Hui Chi (惠吉)formerly T'ien Chi (恬吉) Gunboat Jiangnan Shipyard 600 1868 1878 Stricken 清史稿, Draft History of Qing Wan Nien Ching (萬年清) Gunboat Fujian Maritime Administration 1450 1869 1887/1/9 Lost in collision with P. & O. Nepal Tsao Chiang (操江) Gunboat Jiangnan Shipyard 600-640 1869-1876 1894/7/25 Captured by Japanese cruiser Akitsushima and renamed Sōkō1903/5/22 Sunk in accident1903/7/9 Refloat as border patrol boat1924 Sold as commercial vessel Sōkō Maru Tse Hai (測海) Gunboat Jiangnan Shipyard 600 or 730 1869 1918 Stricken (湄雲) Mei Yuen-class Gunboat Fujian Maritime Administration 515-578 1869 1895 Captured by Japan as MiunLater returned to China after Triple InterventionLater stricken Foo Hsing (福星) Mei Yuen-class Gunboat Fujian Maritime Administration 515-578 1870 1884/8/23 Sunk by the French during Battle of Fuzhou Wei Ching (威靖) Gunboat Jiangnan Shipyard 1000 1870 1905 Sold Chen Hai (鎮海)Chen Hai-class An improvement of the Mei Yuen-class Gunboat Fujian Maritime Administration 572-578 1871 Unknown Ching Yuen (靖遠)Chen Hai-class Gunboat Fujian Maritime Administration 578 1872 1918 Stricken Chen Wei (振威)Chen Hai-class Gunboat Fujian Maritime Administration 578 1872 1884/8/23 Sunk by Villars during Battle of Fuzhou1918 Stricken Fu Po (伏波) Fu Po-class Gunboat Fujian Maritime Administration 1258 1870 1910s/1930 Stricken An Lan (安瀾) Fu Po-class Gunboat Fujian Maritime Administration 1258 1871 1874/9/26 Sunk in accident Fei Yun (飛雲) Fu Po-class Gunboat Fujian Maritime Administration 1258 1872 1884/8/23 Sunk during Battle of FuzhouLater refloated, further fate unknown Chi An (濟安) Fu Po-class Gunboat Fujian Maritime Administration 1258 1873 1884/8/23 Sunk during Battle of Fuzhou Yuan Kai (元凱) Wei Yuen-class, orFu Po-class Gunboat Fujian Maritime Administration 1258 1875 1930 Stricken King Ou (金甌)also known as Tiong Sing Rendel gunboat Jiangnan Shipyard 200 1875 1895 Captured by Japan during Battle of Weihaiwei as Hei YuenLater returnted to China as Tiong Sing?c. 1950 Renamed to King Ou1914 Stricken Yi Hsiang (藝新) Gunboat Fujian Maritime Administration 245 1876 Unknown Teng Ying Chow (登瀛洲) Wei Yuen-class, orFu Po-class Gunboat Fujian Maritime Administration 1258 1876 1918/1920 Stricken Wei Yuen (威遠) Wei Yuen-class Gunboat Fujian Maritime Administration 1100-1268 1877 1895/2/6 Sunk by Japanese torpedo boat Dai Jyuichi Gō during Battle of Weihaiwei Chao Wu (超武) Wei Yuen-class Gunboat Fujian Maritime Administration 1209 1878 1930 Stricken Teng Ching (澄慶) Wei Yuen-class Gunboat Fujian Maritime Administration 1100-1268 1880 1885/2/15 Sunk by friendly fire from Yu Yuen, or1885/2/15 Sunk by French ironclad Bayard at Battle of Shipu Heng Hai (橫海) Wei Yuen-class Gunboat Fujian Maritime Administration 1268 1884 1886/3/17 Sunk in accident Ching Ch'ing Wei Yuen-class Gunboat Fujian Maritime Administration 1268 1884 Unknown Kuang Chia (廣甲) Wei Yuen-class Gunboat Fujian Maritime Administration 1296-1300 1887 1894/9/17 Sunk in accident, or1894/9/17 Badly damaged by the Japanese during the Battle of the Yalu River and beached Hai Tung Hung (海東雄) Rendel gunboat Whampoa Dockyard, Guangdong 430 1880 c. 1918 Stricken Kuang Yuan (廣元) Kuang Yuan-class Gunboat Whampoa Dockyard, Guangdong 300 1886 c. 1929 Stricken Kuang Heng (廣亨) Kuang Yuan-class Gunboat Whampoa Dockyard, Guangdong 300 1886 c. 1929 Stricken Kuang Li (廣利) Kuang Yuan-class Gunboat Whampoa Dockyard, Guangdong 300 1886 c. 1929 Stricken Kuang Chien (廣貞) Kuang Yuan-class Gunboat Whampoa Dockyard, Guangdong 300 1886 c. 1929 Stricken Kuang Woo (廣戊) Kuang Woo-class Gunboat Whampoa Dockyard, Guangdong 560 1886 or 1887-89 c. 1929 Stricken Kuang Chi (廣己) Kuang Woo-class Gunboat Whampoa Dockyard, Guangdong 560 1886 or 1887-89 c. 1929 Stricken Kuang Keng (廣庚) Kuang Woo-class Gunboat Whampoa Dockyard, Guangdong 320 or 560 1889 c. 1929 Stricken Kuang King (廣金) Kuang King-class Gunboat Whampoa Dockyard, Guangdong 320 or 600 1890 c. 1929 Stricken Kuang Yu (廣玉) Kuang King-class Gunboat Whampoa Dockyard, Guangdong 320 or 600 1890 c. 1929 Stricken (廣乙) Cruiser Fujian Maritime Administration 1000 1889 1894/7/25 Scuttled after badly damaged in the Battle of Pungdo (廣丙) Cruiser Fujian Maritime Administration 1000 1891 1895 Captured by Japan as Kōhei1895/12/21 Sunk in accident (福清)formerly Kuang Ting (廣丁) , orNan Chen-class Cruiser Fujian Maritime Administration 1000 1893 1898/6 Sunk in a storm Kan I (乾一)later Lushun Project I(旅順工程一號) Vulcan first class(Kan-class) Torpedo boat Stettiner Maschinebau A.G. Vulcan 28 1881-1882 Unknown Kan II (乾二)later Lushun Project II(旅順工程二號) Vulcan first class(Kan-class) Torpedo boat Stettiner Maschinebau A.G. Vulcan 28 1881-1882 Unknown Ting I (定一) Vulcan second class(Ting-class) Torpedo boat Stettiner Maschinebau A.G. Vulcan 15.7 1882-3 1895/2/7 Sunk in combat Ting II (定二) Vulcan second class(Ting-class) Torpedo boat Stettiner Maschinebau A.G. Vulcan 15.7 1882-3 1895/2/7 Sunk in combat Chen I (鎮一) Vulcan second class(Ting-class) Torpedo boat Stettiner Maschinebau A.G. Vulcan 15.7 1882-3 1895/2/7 Sunk in combat (鎮二) Vulcan second class(Ting-class) Torpedo boat Stettiner Maschinebau A.G. Vulcan 15.7 1882-3 1895/1/2 Sunk by friendly fire from Wei Yuen, or1895/2/7 or 1895/2/8 Captured by the Japanese as Dai Nijyuhachi Gō Chong Chia (中甲) Could be alternate name for Kan I Vulcan second class(Chong-class) Torpedo boat Stettiner Maschinebau A.G. Vulcan 15.7 1880s 1895/2/7 Sunk in combat Chong Yi (中乙) Could be alternate name for Kan II Vulcan second class(Chong-class) Torpedo boat Stettiner Maschinebau A.G. Vulcan 15.7 1880s 1895/2/7 Sunk in combat Lei Lung (雷龍) Lei Lung-class Torpedo boat Stettiner Maschinebau A.G. Vulcan 58 or 66 1883 1925 Stricken Lei Fu (雷虎) Lei Lung-class Torpedo boat Stettiner Maschinebau A.G. Vulcan 58 or 66 1883 1925 Stricken Lei Chung (雷中) Vulcan third class(Lei Chung-class) Torpedo boat Stettiner Maschinebau A.G. Vulcan 74 1884 1925 Stricken (右一) Vulcan third class(Lei Chung-class) Torpedo boat Stettiner Maschinebau A.G. Vulcan 7