Chinese transport Fu Po
Fu Po (Chinese: 伏波; pinyin: Fu Po; Wade–Giles: Fu-p'o), was the lead ship of a class of armed transports of the Imperial Chinese Navy during the Sino-French War, where she was part of the Fujian Fleet under Zhang Peilun. She was present at the Battle of Fuzhou on 23 August 1884, the opening engagement of the Sino-French War, where the Chinese fleet was defeated by the French Far East Squadron. She was later converted to a receiving hulk, and back into an armed transport.
The Chinese transport Fu Po, on station in China | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| Imperial China | |
| Name | Fu Po |
| Builder | Foochow Arsenal |
| Launched | 22 December 1870 |
| Fate | Unknown |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Armed wooden transport |
| Displacement | 1,258 long tons (1,278 t) |
| Length | 200 ft (61.0 m) |
| Beam | 32.8 ft (10.0 m) |
| Draught | 11.5 ft (3.5 m) |
| Propulsion | 1 × Compound-expansion steam engines, single shaft |
| Speed | 11 knots (20 km/h; 13 mph) |
| Complement | 100 |
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