China confirms wreck site of battleship from First Sino-Japanese War

Source: Xinhua| 2019-09-02 21:20:47|Editor: Li Xia
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CHINA-SHANDONG-DINGYUAN BATTLESHIP-WRECK SITE (CN)

Undated photo shows a piece of shipwrecked relic of the Dingyuan Battleship, the flagship vessel of the Beiyang Fleet of the Qing Dynasty (1644-1912) sunk in the First Sino-Japanese War. Chinese archeologists said Monday they have confirmed the wreck site of a Chinese battleship sunk in the Yellow Sea by the invading Japanese fleet in 1894. (Underwater Cultural Heritage Conservation Center of China National Cultural Heritage Administration/Handout via Xinhua)

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