Brief introduction of Chinese and Japanese warships participating in the Yellow Sea naval battle

Table 1: Comparison Table of the Strength of Beiyang Navy and Japanese Joint Fleet in the Yellow Sea Naval Battle (5)

Category Comparison of beiyang fleet and Japanese Joint Fleet

Total number of warships 10 12 -2

Armored Ship 4 1 +3

Semi-armored ship 1 3 -2

Unarmored ship 5 8 -3

Total number of artillery 173 268 -95

Heavy artillery with a caliber of more than 30cm 8 3 +5

Cannons with a caliber of more than 20 cm 16 8 +8

15cm caliber guns and miscellaneous guns149160-11

15cm (6 inches) caliber rapid-fire gun 30 -30

12cm (4.7 inches) caliber rapid-fire gun 67 -67

Gross tonnage (ton) 3 1366 40849 -9483

Total horsepower (horse) 46200 73300 -27 100

Average horsepower (horse) 4620 6 108-1488

Average speed (knots) 15.5 (team) 15.5.

(one tour) 19.4 -0. 1

-3.9

Total strength (officers and soldiers) 2054 3630-1576

As can be seen from the above table, the Japanese joint fleet has obvious advantages over the Beiyang Navy in many aspects. Details are as follows:

1) Number of ships participating in the war: The Japanese army is 1.2 times that of Beiyang Navy.

2) The total number of fire runs: the Japanese army is 1.549 times that of Beiyang Navy.

3) Gross tonnage: The Japanese army is 1.302 times that of Beiyang Navy.

4) Total horsepower and average horsepower: The Japanese army is 1.587 times and 1.322 times that of Beiyang Navy respectively.

5) Average speed: The Japanese team and the First Guerrilla are 1.006 times and 1.252 times that of Beiyang Navy respectively.

6) Total strength: The Japanese army is 1.767 times that of Beiyang Navy.

7) Rapid-fire guns: The Japanese army has 97 guns, while the Beiyang Navy has none.

Of course, Beiyang Navy also has certain advantages in some aspects. For example, in the number of armored ships, Beiyang Navy has an absolute advantage of 4: 0 1, while in heavy artillery with a caliber of more than 30 cm and artillery with a caliber of more than 20 cm, it also has an advantage of 8: 3 and 2: 0/kloc-0, respectively. However, on the whole, Beiyang Navy is at an obvious disadvantage. In this regard, the British Philemon vice admiral once commented: "In order to compare the strength of the two armies, we can draw a correct conclusion by comparing the warships involved in the Yellow Sea campaign. Judging from tonnage, personnel, speed, rapid-fire guns and new ships, the Japanese fleet is better. Except Chicheng, the performance of warships in this country is roughly the same, and the hull size ranges from 2,200 tons to 4,200 tons, all of which are newly completed cutting-edge ships. China, although there are Dingyuan and Zhenyuan second-class warships, each has a tonnage of 7,400 tons; Secondly, Jingyuan and Laiyuan ships each have a tonnage of 2,900 tons, but only in the name of armored cruisers. The remaining ships are either small in tonnage or weak in strength, or asymmetrical in ship type and improperly equipped. " (