Zhiyuan 1886 was launched at Armstrong Shipyard in England. 1September, 987, the Qing Dynasty sent the sailors directly to the ocean to serve in the Beiyang Navy. On the Sino-Japanese Sino-Japanese War of 18941September, 894 17, the Zhiyuan ship ran out of shells, and the pipeline commander Deng Shichang crashed into the Japanese fleet Yoshino. As a result, it was hit by a Japanese torpedo and sank halfway.
From 1938 to 1939, the Japanese imperialists at that time salvaged and dismantled four sunken ships of Beiyang Navy, including Zhiyuan Ship, which caused serious damage to these sunken ships.
To commemorate Deng Shichang's heroic deeds, the PLA Navy named the new training ship "Shichang" on February 28th, 1996.
20 14 10 2, National Cultural Heritage Administration Underwater Cultural Heritage Protection Center found that the A Qing warship sank in the Yellow Sea in Dandong, which was a Zhiyuan ship. Some things have been salvaged.
In September of 20 16, Dandong Shipyard completed the replication and construction of Zhiyuan Ship according to the ratio of 1: 1, and the newly built Zhiyuan Ship will be used as a patriotic education base.