The Chinese Imperial Navy came into existence from 1132 during the Song Dynasty to the end of the Qing period in 1912. The Song Dynasty ( Wade-Giles: Sung Ch'ao was a ruling dynasty in China between 960&ndash1279 CE it succeeded the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms Not to be confused with Qin Dynasty, the first dynasty of Imperial China Prior to 1100s, Chinese naval ships were not organized into a uniform force. After 1911, it was replaced by the Republic of China Navy and then the People's Liberation Army Navy after 1949. Year 1911 ( MCMXI) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year The Republic of China Navy (中華民國海軍 Pinyin: Zhōnghuá Mínguó Hǎijūn is the maritime branch of the Armed forces of the Republic of China (Taiwan. The People's Liberation Army Navy ( PLAN) ( Simplified Chinese: 中国人民解放军海军 Traditional Chinese: 中國人民解放軍海軍 Pinyin Year 1949 ( MCMXLIX) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar.

Contents 1 Ranks 2 Ship types 3 Bases 4 Fleets 5 See also 6 References

Ranks

• Admiral (Tidu)
• Fleet Commander
• Squadron Commander

Ship types

Pre-19th Century ships were wood and of various sizes.

• fu po (warship) - 19th C ships
• hai hu or sea hawks
• combat junks
• lou chuan - ships of the Ming dynasty
• mengchong or covered swoopers (蒙衝): leather-covered assault warship - ships of the Three Kingdoms period
• river boats - Song Dynasty
• tower ships
• yu ting or patrol boats
• zhan xian or combat junks
• zou ge or flying barques

Following the First Opium War, the Qing improved their naval fleet with modern ships from Europe:

• Battleships
• Cruisers
• Corvettes

Bases

• Dinghai - as Admiralty HQ during the 12th Century
• Canton (Guangzhou) - fleet base of the Qing navy in the late 19th Century
• Foochow Arsenal, near Fuzhou (1866—1884) - fleet base of the Qing navy and naval yard and School of Naval Administration in the late 19th Century; ancient shipbuilding centre
• Shanghai - fleet base of the Qing navy in the late 19th Century
• Tianjin - fleet base of the Qing navy in the late 19th Century and home to the Tianjing Naval Academy
• Liugong Island (1888) - birthplace of the Qing navy and base from 1888 to 1898; later served as Royal Navy base until 1930
• Weihaiwei - naval port

Fleets

• Beiyang Fleet - North Sea Fleet based from Tianjin established 1875
• Nanyang Fleet - South Sea Fleet based from Shanghai
• Guangdong Fleet - based from Canton (Guangzhou)
• Fujian Fleet - based from Fuzhou

See also

• Naval history of China

References

• China: Its History and Culture
• Liugong-a historical tiny isle
• Naval Warfare and Refraction of China's Self-Strengthening Reforms into Scientific and Technological Failure - 1860-1895

The First Opium War or the First Anglo-Chinese War was fought between the British East India Company and the Qing Dynasty in China from 1839 Not to be confused with Qin Dynasty, the first dynasty of Imperial China Dinghai (定海区 is a Chinese district of Zhoushan City made of 128 islands Guangzhou ( Jyutping: Gwong²zau¹; Yale: Gwóngjàu) is the Capital and a Sub-provincial city Not to be confused with Qin Dynasty, the first dynasty of Imperial China The Foochow Arsenal was one of several shipyards in China built under orders of Li Hongzhang and Zuo Zongtang, leaders of the Qing government's ( Foochow Romanized: Hók-ciŭ EFEO: Fou-Tcheou also seen as Foochow, Fuchow, Fuh-chau or Hokchew in earlier Western Not to be confused with Qin Dynasty, the first dynasty of Imperial China Shanghai ( 上[[wikt 海|海]] is the largest city in China in terms of population and one of the largest urban areas in the world with over 20 million Not to be confused with Qin Dynasty, the first dynasty of Imperial China ( Postal map spelling: Tientsin) is the second largest city in northern coastal China. Not to be confused with Qin Dynasty, the first dynasty of Imperial China Liugong Island ( is a small island located on the northeastern edge of Shandong Peninsula China at the mouth of Weihai Bay The Royal Navy of the United Kingdom is the oldest of the British armed services (and is therefore known as the Senior Service) Year 1930 ( MCMXXX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display 1930 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Administrative divisions The Prefecture-level city of Weihai administers 4 county-level divisions, including 1 districts and 3 county-level cities The Beiyang Fleet ( was one of the four modernised Chinese navies in the late Qing Dynasty. ( Postal map spelling: Tientsin) is the second largest city in northern coastal China. The Nanyang Fleet (南洋水師 was one of the four modernised Chinese navies in the late Qing Dynasty. Shanghai ( 上[[wikt 海|海]] is the largest city in China in terms of population and one of the largest urban areas in the world with over 20 million Guangzhou ( Jyutping: Gwong²zau¹; Yale: Gwóngjàu) is the Capital and a Sub-provincial city ( Foochow Romanized: Hók-ciŭ EFEO: Fou-Tcheou also seen as Foochow, Fuchow, Fuh-chau or Hokchew in earlier Western The naval history of China dates back thousands of years with archives existing since the late Spring and Autumn Period ( 722 BC - 481 BC) about the

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