Chinese gunboat Fuxing

Fuxing (Chinese: 福星; pinyin: Fuxing; Wade–Giles: Fu-hsing) was a wooden gunboat built for the Imperial Chinese Navy. She was built in 1870 at the Foochow Arsenal, the second such gunboat constructed, alongside her sister ship . Fuxing was based throughout her life at the Foochow Arsenal, and there became involved in the Battle of Fuzhou at the opening of the Sino-French War. She was quickly sunk during the battle by a spar torpedo.

Chinese gunboat Fuxing

Fuxing (Chinese: 福星; pinyin: Fuxing; Wade–Giles: Fu-hsing) was a wooden gunboat built for the Imperial Chinese Navy. She was built in 1870 at the Foochow Arsenal, the second such gunboat constructed, alongside her sister ship . Fuxing was based throughout her life at the Foochow Arsenal, and there became involved in the Battle of Fuzhou at the opening of the Sino-French War. She was quickly sunk during the battle by a spar torpedo.