Beiyang Fleet
As part of the Beiyang Fleet, "Pingyuan" was at the Battle of the Yellow Sea/Yalu River during the First Sino-Japanese War. It was a Chinese armored cruiser built by the Mawei Navy Yard, modelled on the French . "Pingyuan" was firstly named "Longwei" (), and was the first Chinese-built ironclad, though some of its components were imported from abroad. "Pingyuan" was part of the Beiyang Fleet.