Chinese cruiser Hai Chi
Encyclopedia
Hai Chi was a cruiser of the Imperial Chinese Navy
. She was the largest warship in China with a displacement of 4,300 tons, and was armed with two 8 inch guns and a top speed of 24 knots.
vessel in American waters. The ship was destroyed on August 12, 1937 when she was scuttled in the Yangtze river
to block the Japanese naval advance in the Second Sino-Japanese War
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Imperial Chinese Navy
The Chinese Imperial Navy came into existence from 1132 during the Song Dynasty to the end of the Qing period in 1912. Prior to 12th century, Chinese naval ships were not organized into a uniform force...
. She was the largest warship in China with a displacement of 4,300 tons, and was armed with two 8 inch guns and a top speed of 24 knots.
History
She was built in 1897. On September 11, 1911 she was the first Imperial Chinese NavyImperial Chinese Navy
The Chinese Imperial Navy came into existence from 1132 during the Song Dynasty to the end of the Qing period in 1912. Prior to 12th century, Chinese naval ships were not organized into a uniform force...
vessel in American waters. The ship was destroyed on August 12, 1937 when she was scuttled in the Yangtze river
Yangtze River
The Yangtze, Yangzi or Cháng Jiāng is the longest river in Asia, and the third-longest in the world. It flows for from the glaciers on the Tibetan Plateau in Qinghai eastward across southwest, central and eastern China before emptying into the East China Sea at Shanghai. It is also one of the...
to block the Japanese naval advance in the Second Sino-Japanese War
Second Sino-Japanese War
The Second Sino-Japanese War was a military conflict fought primarily between the Republic of China and the Empire of Japan. From 1937 to 1941, China fought Japan with some economic help from Germany , the Soviet Union and the United States...
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