Japanese gunboat Akagi
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Akagi was a steel-hulled, steam gunboat, serving in the early Imperial Japanese Navy. She was the fourth and final vessel to be completed in the four-vessel Maya class and was named after Mount Akagi
Akagi at Kure in 1902
Ukiyo-e depicting Akagi in the Battle of the Yalu River in the First Sino-Japanese War, titled "Lieutenant-Commander Sakamoto of the Imperial Warship Akagi, Fights Bravely"
IJN Gunboat Ōshima
Beiyang Fleet
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The Beiyang Fleet was one of the four modernized Chinese navies in the late Qing dynasty. Among the four, the Beiyang Fleet was particularly sponsored by Li Hongzhang, one of the most trusted vassals
Japanese gunboat Akagi
…Admiral Itō Sukeyuki, as he needed a ship with shallow draft to explore the shallows of Korea Bay. When the Japanese fleet closed with the Chinese Beiyang Fleet on 17 September 1894, Akagi was ordered protect the Japanese command ship, the converted passenger liner Saikyō Maru carrying Admiral Kabeyama Sukenori…
Admiral office in Liugong Island, Weihaiwei
The Beiyang fleet at anchor in Weihaiwei
Dingyuan (定遠)