Chinese cruiser Laiyuan

	Lai Yuen
History
Imperial China
Name	Laiyuen
Builder	Stettiner AG Vulcan,
Cost	865,000 silver tael
Laid down	1 January 1885
Launched	25 March 1887
Completed	1 January 1888
Fate	Sunk in combat; 5 February 1895
General characteristics
Type	Armored cruiser
Displacement	2,900 t (2,900 long tons)
Length	82.4 m (270 ft 4 in)
Beam	11.99 m (39 ft 4 in)
Draft	5.11 m (16 ft 9 in)
Speed	16 kn (30 km/h; 18 mph)
Capacity	320 tons of coal
Complement	270 officers and men
Armament	2 × 210 mm (8.3 in) guns; 2 × 150 mm (5.9 in) guns; 4 × 457 mm (18.0 in) torpedo tubes; 8 × machine guns;
Armour	Belt: 24 cm (9.4 in); Turret: 20 cm (7.9 in);

Laiyuan (Chinese: 來遠; pinyin: Laiyuan; Wade–Giles: Lai Yüan), also known as Lai Yuen, was an armored cruiser in the late Qing dynasty Beiyang Fleet. Its sister ship was Jingyuan.

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