Chinese cruiser Jiyuan

Japanese cruiser Saien (formerly the Chinese cruiser Jiyuan) at Kure in March 1895
History
Imperial China
Name	Jiyuan
Builder	AG Vulcan Stettin, Stettin, Germany
Laid down	16 January 1883
Launched	1 December 1883
Completed	August 1884
Commissioned	11 June 1885
Fate	Prize of war to Japan, 16 March 1895
Empire of Japan
Name	Saien
Acquired	16 March 1895
Fate	Mined off Port Arthur, 30 November 1904
General characteristics
Type	Protected cruiser
Displacement	2,300 long tons (2,337 t)
Length	236 ft (71.9 m)
Beam	34.5 ft (10.5 m)
Draught	17 ft (5.2 m)
Installed power	2,800 ihp (2,100 kW) 2 or 4 boilers
Propulsion	2 × Compound-expansion steam engines, two shafts
Speed	15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph)
Complement	180
Armament	2 × 8.2 in (210 mm) Krupp guns 1 × 5.9 in (150 mm) Krupp gun 5 × Hotchkiss guns 4 × above water torpedo tubes
Armour	Deck: 3 in (7.6 cm) Barbettes: 10 in (25.4 cm) Gun shields: 2 in (5.1 cm)

Jiyuan (simplified Chinese: 济远; traditional Chinese: 濟遠; pinyin: Jiyuan, sometimes Chiyuan; Wade–Giles: Tsi Yuan), was a protected cruiser of the Imperial Chinese Navy, assigned to the Beiyang Fleet. She was constructed in Germany as China lacked the industrial facilities needed to build them at the time. Jiyuan was originally intended to be the third ironclad battleship of the Dingyuan class, but was reduced in size due to funding issues. Upon completion, she was prevented from sailing to China during the Sino-French War.

In the First Sino-Japanese War, she was involved in the Battle of Pungdo, and at the Battle of Yalu River, which resulted in the subsequent execution of her captain. She was captured by the Imperial Japanese Navy as a prize of war at the Battle of Weihaiwei, and commissioned as Saien (済遠 巡洋艦, Saien jun'yōkan) on 16 March 1895. Under the Japanese flag, she was used to bombard positions in the Japanese invasion of Taiwan, and was sunk on 30 November 1904 after striking a Russian mine during the Battle of Port Arthur of the Russo-Japanese War.