Once the fleet was repaired, they sailed out on 20 October to Weihaiwei. While in the harbour, they found themselves under attack by the Imperial Japanese Army in January 1895 as the Battle of Weihaiwei commenced. As Japanese forces took control of the sea forts on either side of the harbour, the fleet found itself under bombardment during the day and torpedo boat attack during the night. One such attack during the night of 5 February saw "Laiyuan" sunk by a torpedo and capsized. "Jingyuan" was undamaged, but underwent a near-miss by a torpedo. On 9 February, while "Jingyuan" was operating in the eastern part of the harbour, was struck below the waterline and sank upright in shallow water. The shot was fired from one of the captured Chinese forts. To avoid eventual capture by the Japanese, Ruchang ordered for a naval mine to be placed below decks on "Jingyuan" and detonated later that day, destroying her. She was raised and scrapped the following year.