Beiyang Fleet

The Beiyang Fleet was one of the four modernized Chinese navies in the late Qing dynasty. Among the four, the Beiyang Fleet was particularly sponsored by Li Hongzhang, one of the most trusted vassals of Empress Dowager Cixi and the principal patron of the "self-strengthening movement" in northern China in his capacity as the Viceroy of Zhili and the Minister of Beiyang Commerce (北洋通商大臣). Due to Li's influence in the imperial court, the Beiyang Fleet garnered much greater resources than the other Chinese fleets and soon became the dominant navy in Asia before the onset of the 1894–1895 First Sino-Japanese War. It was the largest fleet in Asia and the 8th largest in the world during the late 1880s in terms of tonnage.

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1871 — 1895  Wikimedia, Wikidata
Northern Seas Fleet
naval fleet, Qing dynasty, 

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A Badge Commemorating the Establishment of the Beiyang Fleet

Beiyang fleet

清国軍艦神符

Liu Bu-chan

Liubuqian

Beiyang Fleets officers with Japanese shipbuilders

Xie Baozhang

北洋水师成军纪念章

Type	Subtype	Date	Description	Notes	Source
commons	image		A Badge Commemorating the Establishment of the Beiyang Fleet		Commons
commons	image		Beiyang fleet		Commons
commons	image		清国軍艦神符		Commons
commons	image		Liu Bu-chan		Commons
commons	image		Liubuqian		Commons
commons	image		Beiyang Fleets officers with Japanese shipbuilders		Commons
commons	image		Xie Baozhang		Commons
commons	image		北洋水师成军纪念章		Commons