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Why would China go to the great expense of creating a monument to its defeat in the First Sino-Japanese War (1894–95)? However, unlike the typical museum ship that preserves an actual historic vessel and commemorates some past naval glory, the Dingyuan is a faithful replica of a warship that had an ignominious career-defeated in battle and eventually meeting destruction at the hands of her own crew. She is a popular tourist destination, resplendent in her livery of white and black and flying the yellow Imperial Dragon ensign. About the Sino-Japanese War of 1894-1895Īll rights reserved / Copyright(c) Japan Center for Asian Historical Records.In the harbor of Weihai, China, there is docked an unusual museum ship, the Dingyuan, built in 2005 as a re-creation of the flagship of the Qing Dynasty’s Beiyang (Northern) Fleet.It describes the state of the Chinese fleet before the battle. This is a Japanese translation of an article on the Battle of the Yalu River published in the "China Gazette" on 29 September 1894.Reference Code： C06060137800 Title： Special edition 5 October 1894.It also has attached a report on the attack on the converted cruiser the Saikyō-maru which was being used by Chief of the Naval General Staff Vice-Admiral Kabayama Sukenori for a tour of inspection. It is a continuation of the previous report and provides more detail as to the progress and outcome of the battle. This report was sent on 21 September 1894 by Vice-Admiral Itō Sukeyuki, Commander-in Chief of the Combined Fleet, to Imperial General Headquarters in Japan giving details of the battle.Reference Code： C08040481300 Title： Combined Fleet expedition 15th report.

It describes how on the 17 September the Japanese fleet engaged the Chinese fleet off Dagushan, records the progress of the battle and gives the casualty figures.

A report on the Battle of the Yalu River sent two days later on 19 September 1894 by Vice-Admiral Itō Sukeyuki, Commander-in Chief of the Combined Fleet to Imperial General Headquarters in Japan.

Reference Code： C06061781100 Title： September 19 From Commander Itō of the Combined Fleet, at the mouth of the Taedong River.

All images of the prints used on this website are provided by the British Library and are in the public domain Documents This print shows Chinese forces on land bombarding the Japanese fleet (In fact, in the Battle of the Yalu River the Chinese army did not bombard the Japanese fleet from land). Both sides suffered heavy losses but the number of ships and crew lost by the Chinese fleet was particularly high. The victorious battle at the Yalu River Title: The victorious battle at the Yalu River Shelfmark： 16126.d.4(29) On 17 September 1894 the Japanese Combined Fleet and the Chinese North Sea (Beiyang) Fleet engaged each other in the Yellow Sea off the mouth of the Yalu River (near Dagushan).