An archaeologist works at the shipwreck of the Zhiyuan, which was sunk by the Japanese navy during the first Sino-Japanese War in 1894, in Liaoning Province. (Photo/Xinhua)
10. WARSHIP SUNK IN SINO-JAPANESE WAR
A shipwreck found in the Yellow Sea was confirmed to be the cruiser Zhiyuan, sunk by the Japanese navy 122 years ago during the Sino-Japanese War.
The 50-meter wreck is about 10 nautical miles southwest of Dandong Port in northeast China's Liaoning Province, at a depth of around 20 meters.
Zhiyuan, built in Britain in 1887, was one of the most advanced warships in the Beiyang Fleet, defeated in 1894 by the Japanese navy.
Severely damaged in the battle, the ship is not well preserved. Divers have retrieved more than 120 items from the seabed, including a porthole, machine gun, shells, and dinnerware bearing the characters "Zhiyuan," strong evidence pointing to the ship's identity.
