 Fuxing circa 1880
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| History | |
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 Imperial China | |
| Name | Fuxing (福星) |
| Builder | Foochow Arsenal |
| Launched | 30 May 1870 |
| Fate | Sunk 23 August 1884 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Wooden gunboat |
| Displacement | 515 long tons (523 t) |
| Length | 170 ft 2 in (51.87 m) |
| Beam | 19.7 ft (6.0 m) |
| Draught | 9.8 ft 5 in (3.11 m) |
| Installed power | 400 ihp (300 kW) |
| Propulsion | Reciprocating engine, single shaft |
| Speed | 8 kn (15 km/h; 9.2 mph) |
| Armament |
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Fuxing (Chinese: 福星; pinyin: Fuxing; Wade–Giles: Fu-hsing) was a wooden gunboat built for the Imperial Chinese Navy. She was built in 1870 at the Foochow Arsenal, the second such Meiyun-class gunboat constructed, alongside her sister ship Meiyun. Fuxing was based throughout her life at the Foochow Arsenal, and there became involved in the Battle of Fuzhou at the opening of the Sino-French War. She was quickly sunk during the battle by a spar torpedo.