Chinese gunboat Pingyuan

The Pingyuan (Chinese:平远) was a Chinese armored cruiser built by the Mawei Navy Yard, modelled on the French Acheron-class gunboat. The name is also spelled Ping Yuen, Ping Yuan or Ping-yüan. The Pingyuan was firstly named Longwei (Chinese:龙威), and was the first Chinese-built ironclad, though some of its components were imported from abroad. The Pingyuan was part of the Beiyang Fleet.

Career
The Pingyuan fought in the Battle of the Yalu River, damaging the Japanese flagship JAPANESE CRUISER Matsushima, and was later captured in the siege of Weihaiwei. She was then commissioned into the Imperial Japanese Navy, firstly as the Ping Yuen Go and later the JAPANESE GUNBOAT Heien.