The Yangwu (Chinese:, Yang-wu) was a Chinese warship and the flagship

Flagship

A flagship is a vessel used by the commanding officer of a group of naval ships, reflecting the custom of its commander, characteristically a flag officer, flying a distinguishing flag...

 of the Fujian Fleet

Fujian Fleet

The Fujian Fleet was one of China's four regional fleets during the closing decades of the nineteenth century. The fleet was almost annihilated on 23 August 1884 by Admiral Amédée Courbet's Far East Squadron at the Battle of Fuzhou, the opening engagement of the Sino-French War .-Composition:The...

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The Yangwu was a wooden corvette, built in 1872 at the Foochow Navy Yard

Foochow Arsenal

The Foochow Arsenal , also Mawei Arsenal was one of several shipyards in China built under orders of Li Hongzhang and Zuo Zongtang, leaders of the Qing government's Self-Strengthening Movement of the mid to late 19th century...

. She was part of a large shipbuilding program at the Foochow Arsenal, and cost 254,000 tael

Tael

Tael can refer to any one of several weight measures of the Far East. Most commonly, it refers to the Chinese tael, a part of the Chinese system of weights and currency....

s (353,000 silver dollars) for her construction. She was 1,393 tons, 250 hp with a speed of 15 knots (28 km/h), and was equipped with 13 British muzzle-loaders.

The Yangwu was torpedoed and sunk by Amédée Courbet

Amédée Courbet

Anatole-Amédée-Prosper Courbet was a French admiral who won a series of important land and naval victories during the Tonkin campaign and the Sino-French War .-Early years:...

's Far East Squadron

Far East Squadron

The French Far East Squadron was an exceptional naval grouping created for the duration of the Sino-French War .- Background :...

 during the Battle of Fuzhou, on 23 August 1884.