Service record Japanese gunboat Heien

pingyuan

as part of beiyang fleet, pingyuan @ battle of yellow sea/yalu river during first sino-japanese war. chinese armored cruiser built mawei navy yard, modelled on french acheron-class gunboat. pingyuan firstly named longwei (chinese:龙威), , first chinese-built ironclad, though of components imported abroad. pingyuan part of beiyang fleet.

pingyuan fought in battle of yalu river, damaging japanese flagship matsushima, , later captured prize of war in siege of weihaiwei.

imperial japanese navy

after capture in february 1895, imperial japanese navy, pingyuan placed active combat service pingyuan-go on 16 march 1895 , served japanese fleet through remainder of first sino-japanese war. on 21 march 1898, re-designated first-class gunboat , officially renamed heien in 1900 based on japanese language pronunciation of original chinese name.

during russo-japanese war, heien assigned 3rd squadron , part of blockading force against imperial russian navy @ battle of port arthur. heien disabled naval mine @ pigeon bay (piegen bay), located west of port arthur on 18 september 1904 , foundered in heavy weather later day. struck navy list on 21 may 1905.