Divers discover 100-year-old 'time capsule' wreck of a Chinese warship a century after it was [tr]

UK Daily Mail ^ | September 27, 2018 | Phoebe Weston

[C19fan]

Divers have discovered the wreck a Chinese warship a century after it was lost to the depths of the Yellow sea.

Researchers had been hunting for several years before they found the incredible 'time capsule' of a wreck.

It was identified thanks to a gold-gilded wooden plaque with Jingyuan written on it.

It went down in the Yellow sea during the first Sino-Japanese war in September 1894, with only seven out of 270 crewmen surviving.

Experts managed to pinpoint the site by looking through historical documents and photographs taken by a a Japanese sailor before it sank.

[C19fan]

The Jingyuan was one of the German built ships the Qing dynasty purchased in the latter part of the 19th century. The best classification of her is an armored cruiser. She was lost to the Japanese at the Battle of the Yalu during the 1st Sino-Japanese war. The Japanese fleet compromised mainly British built ships. I read a serious issue the Chinese faced was corruption. Funds meant for ammo was stolen so these ships carried duds and shells made out of concrete.

[Red Badger]

Same as now. Things never change...................

[granada]

“I read a serious issue the Chinese faced was corruption. Funds meant for ammo was stolen so these ships carried duds and shells made out of concrete. ”

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That was a false allegation.

Concrete and sands were added in order to make the shell play like a armor piercing.

[granada]

The Empire of Japan was backed by The British Empire (to confront Russia in East Asia).

[fieldmarshaldj]

*ping*

[SunkenCiv]

Thanks fieldmarshaldj.

[BenLurkin]

The Japanese had superior commanders and more capable seamanship. And newer ships.