福建水师
French admiral Courbet made good use of two spar torpedo boats at the Battle of Foochow on August 23, 1884, which sank the flagship of the Chinese Fujian Fleet - corvette "Yangwu" and a gunboat "Fuxing". It showed that spar torpedoes can be effective against ships at anchor, not protected by torpedo nets and without a proper look-out. On February 14, 1885, Courbet also sank Chinese frigate "Yuyuan" in Battle of Shipu with two spar torpedo boats.