Battle of Shipu

14 February 1885, Shipu Bay, Zhejiang

French victory

Courbet chased a Nanyang Fleet squadron coming to relieve Formosa. Three of its cruisers got away south; two older ships took refuge in Shipu Bay. That night two launches from Bayard crept into the bay and exploded spar torpedoes against the frigate Yuyuan, which sank. The sloop Chengqing also went down in the confusion.

French Navy

3 ships, none lost

Ship	Type	Outcome
Bayard Carried the launches	Ironclad	Survived

Flotillas and other craft	Number	Lost
Torpedo launches Bayard's steam launches, under Gourdon and Duboc.	2	0

Flotillas and other craft

Number

Lost

Torpedo launches

Bayard's steam launches, under Gourdon and Duboc.

Qing Chinese Navy

5 ships, 2 lost

Ship	Type	Outcome
Yuyuan 馭遠 Spar torpedoes	Frigate	Sunk
Chengqing 澄慶	Sloop	Sunk

Flotillas and other craft	Number	Lost
Cruisers that escaped Nanchen, Nanrui and Kaiji, which outran Courbet to the south.	3	0

Flotillas and other craft

Number

Lost

Cruisers that escaped

Nanchen, Nanrui and Kaiji, which outran Courbet to the south.

Map

Courbet hunts the Nanyang squadron February 1885