Battle of Foochow

The Battle of Foochow occurred in August 1884 during the Sino-French War. The navy recently built by China was utterly destroyed while at anchor by the forces of France in a brief battle lasting a little over thirty minutes.

The battle heralded a change in the balance of power in the region, and helped indirectly to lead to the Sino-Japanese War of 1894-1895.

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Ships involved (preliminary list)

France:

• 1 armoured cruiser
• 4 other cruisers and sloops?

China:

• i Hsin (wooden gunboat)*
• Chien Sheng *
• Fu Hsing (wooden gunboat, 3 guns)*
• Chen Wei (wooden paddle gunboat, 6 guns)
• Fu Sheng (gunboat)*
• several small cruisers

See also: Fuzhou