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 |
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| Armour | |
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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.