| Name: | YANG WEI also seen as YANGWEI |
| Type: | Cruiser |
| Keel: | 15/01/1880 |
| Launched: | 29/01/1881 |
| Completed: | 14/07/1881 |
| Builder: | C Mitchell & Co |
| Yard: | Low Walker |
| Yard Number: | 407 |
| Dimensions: | 1380disp - 1542disp, 210.0 x 32.0 x 17.0(draft)ft |
| Engines: | 2600hp |
| Engines by: | R & W Hawthorn, Newcastle |
| Propulsion: | 2 x Screws,16.0knots |
| Construction: | Steel |
| Armament: | 2 x 1 x 10.0ins, 4 x 1 x 4.7ins, 2 x 2 x 9pdr, 4 x 11mm Gatling, |
| 4 x 37mm Hotchkiss & 2 x 4 x Nordenfeldt guns; 2 x spar torpedoes | |
| History: | |
| 14/07/1881 | Government of China |
| 17/09/1894 | Sank |
| Comments: | Member of the Chaoyang Class of light cruisers |
| Bare ship built as a subcontract from Armstrong at Elswick | |
| Armstrongs provided the design and the main armament | |
| Designed to be lightly armoured, but heavily armed and fast | |
| Design soon overtaken by more modern technology | |
| 17/09/1894: Sunk by the Japanese fleet at the Battle of the Yalu River |
Above photo is copyright of Tyne & Wear Museums
Above photo of sister CHAO YUNG is copyright of Tyne & Wear Museums
Above photo showing the 10ins gun embrasures is copyright of Tyne & Wear Museums
Above photo of a 10ins gun mounting is copyright of Tyne & Wear Museums
Above plan is copyright of the City of Art