Battle of Foochow
The Battle of Foochow occurred in August 1884 during the Sino-French War. The navy recently built by China was utterly destroyed while at anchor by the forces of France in a brief battle lasting a little over thirty minutes.
The battle heralded a change in the balance of power in the region, and helped indirectly to lead to the Sino-Japanese War of 1894-1895.
Ships involved
- Volta (flag) (1323t)
- La Galissonniere (4585t)
- Triomphante (4585t)
- Duguay-Trouin (3479t)
- Villars (2363t)
- d'Estaing (2363t)
- Aspic (465t)
- Lynx (465t)
- Vipere (465t)
- Bayard (5,915t)
- ? (torpedo launch)
- ? (torpedo launch)
- Yang Wu (flag) (1393t)
- Fei Yun (c.1393t)
- Chi An (1200t)
- i Hsin (small wooden gunboat/launch) - Sunk
- Chien Sheng - Sunk
- Fu Hsing (wooden gunboat, 3 guns) - Sunk
- Chen Wei (wooden paddle gunboat, c.650t, 6 guns)
- Fu Sheng (gunboat, 265t) - Sunk
- Yung Pao - Sunk in dock
- Fu Po (1258t)
12 large junks were nearby, but took no part.