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Japanese cruiser Saien

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: 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:
Propulsion: 2 × Compound-expansion steam engines, two shafts
Speed: 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph)
Complement: 180
Armament:
Armour:

Jiyuan (simplified Chinese: ; 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.


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