Fujian Fleet
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.