 Yangwu (pictured left) with the Chinese gunboat Fuxing at anchor, the night before the Battle of Fuzhou.
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| History | |
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 Imperial China | |
| Name | Yangwu (揚武) |
| Namesake | Yangwu |
| Builder | Foochow Arsenal |
| Launched | April 23, 1872 |
| Fate | Sunk August 23, 1884 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Corvette |
| Displacement | 1,393 long tons (1,415 t) |
| Length | 190 feet 2 inches (57.96 m) |
| Beam | 36 feet (11 m) |
| Draught | 16 feet 5 inches (5.00 m) |
| Installed power | |
| Propulsion | Steam engine |
| Speed | 13 knots (24 km/h; 15 mph) |
| Complement | 270 |
| Armament |
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Yangwu (Chinese: 揚武; pinyin: Yangwu; Wade–Giles: Yang-wu or Yang Woo) was a wooden corvette built for the Imperial Chinese Navy. She was built in 1872 at the Foochow Arsenal, and was the largest ship built there from the shipbuilding programme of 1868–75. During her early career, she was used as a training ship and under the command of English captains. She later saw action in the Battle of Fuzhou in 1884, the opening action of the Sino-French War, where she acted as the flagship of the Fujian Fleet. Shortly after the start of the battle, she was damaged by a spar torpedo, causing a large explosion and the loss of the majority of her crew; she was sunk shortly afterwards by enemy fire.