CHEN YUEN IN DOCK 28

CHEN YUEN ( Zhenyuan ) A CHINESE IRONCLAD WARSHIP 1885

FWD PORT QTR VEIW -------- AFT PORT QTR VEIW

A CLOSE UP VEIW OF THE BRIDGE AREA

DETAIL OF MIDSHIPS BULKHEAD WORK RQD ---------- AFT VEIW WITH PARTS THAT NEED UPGRADE

OVERHEAD VEIW OF BASIC BOW DETAILS

BOW OVERHEAD VEIW --------- STERN OVERHEAD VEIW

PORT SIDE BASIC DETAIL WORKS SO FAR

BOW VEIW ----------- STERN VEIW

STD VEIW OF WORK SO FAR

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Name: Zhenyuan
Ordered: 1882
Builder: Stettiner Vulcan AG, Stettin, Germany

Laid down: 1 March 1882
Launched: 28 November 1882
Completed: 1884
Commissioned: 1 March 1885

Fate: Prize of war to Japan, 1895
Empire of Japan
Name: Chin'en
Acquired: 1895
Struck: 1912

Fate: Scrapped, 1914

General characteristics

Class and type: Dingyuan-class ironclad

Displacement: 7,670 long tons (7,793 t) (deep load)

Length: 93.9 m (308 ft)
Beam: 18.3 m (60 ft)
Draught: 6.1 m (20 ft)

Installed power:

7,200 ihp (5,400 kW)
8 cylindrical boilers

Propulsion:

2 shafts
2 trunk steam engines

Speed: 15.4 knots (28.5 km/h; 17.7 mph)

Range: 4,500 nmi (8,300 km; 5,200 mi) at 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph)

Complement: 363

Armament:

2 × twin 305 mm (12 in) breech-loading guns
2 × single 150 mm (6 in) breech-loading guns
6 × single 37 mm (1 in) guns
3 × torpedo tubes

Armour:

Waterline belt: 356 mm (14 in)
Deck: 76 mm (3 in)
Barbettes: 305 mm (12 in)
Conning tower: 203 mm (8 in)

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