Chinese ironclad Pingyuan
First Chinese-built armored shipHeien , originally known as Pingyuan, was an ironclad coastal battleship that served with the Imperial Chinese Beiyang Fleet and later the Imperial Japanese Navy. It was built by the Mawei Navy Yard near Fuzhou. Previous transliterations of its Chinese name include Ping Yuen and Ping Yuan, and an alternative transliteration of its Japanese name was Heiyen.
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