Chinese cruiser Hai Chi

Hai Chi was a cruiser of the Imperial Chinese Navy. She was the largest warship in China with a displacement of 4,300 tons, and was armed with two 8 inch guns and a top speed of 24 knots.



History
She was built in 1897. On September 11, 1911 she was the first Imperial Chinese Navy vessel in American waters. The ship was destroyed on August 12, 1937 when she was scuttled in the Yangtze river to block the Japanese naval advance in the Second Sino-Japanese War. It is the first Chinese Naval ship to circumnavigate the world.