Battle of Weihaiwei

20 January – 12 February 1895, Weihaiwei, Shandong

Japanese victory; Beiyang Fleet surrenders

Japanese troops landed at Rongcheng Bay and took the forts around Weihaiwei from the landward side, trapping the Beiyang Fleet in the harbour. Night torpedo-boat attacks sank Dingyuan, Laiyuan and Weiyuan, and the captured forts' guns sank Jingyuan. Admiral Ding surrendered the remaining ships and then took his own life.

Imperial Japanese Navy

9+ ships, none lost

Ship	Type	Outcome
IJN Matsushima Ito's flagship	Protected cruiser	Survived
IJN Itsukushima	Protected cruiser	Survived
IJN Hashidate	Protected cruiser	Survived
IJN Chiyoda	Protected cruiser	Survived
IJN Fuso	Ironclad	Survived
IJN Yoshino	Protected cruiser	Survived
IJN Naniwa	Protected cruiser	Survived
IJN Takachiho	Protected cruiser	Survived
IJN Akitsushima	Protected cruiser	Survived

Flotillas and other craft	Number	Lost
Torpedo boats Made repeated night attacks into the harbour after the boom was cut on 4 February.	several flotillas	?

Flotillas and other craft

Number

Lost

Torpedo boats

Made repeated night attacks into the harbour after the boom was cut on 4 February.

several flotillas

Qing Chinese Navy

21+ ships, 21 lost

Ship	Type	Outcome
Dingyuan 定遠 Torpedoed, then blown up by her crew	Ironclad Dingyuan class	Scuttled
Zhenyuan 鎮遠 Became Japan's Chin'en	Ironclad Dingyuan class	Captured
Laiyuan 來遠 Capsized after a torpedo hit	Armoured cruiser	Sunk
Weiyuan 威遠 Torpedoed	Corvette	Sunk
Jingyuan 靖遠 Sunk by guns in captured forts	Protected cruiser	Sunk
Pingyuan 平遠	Armoured cruiser	Captured
Jiyuan 濟遠	Protected cruiser	Captured
Guangbing 廣丙	Cruiser	Captured

Flotillas and other craft	Number	Lost
Torpedo boats Their crews tried to break out towards Yantai (Chefoo); six were destroyed and seven captured.	13	13
Gunboats and training ships Surrendered with the fleet on 12 February.	several	?

Flotillas and other craft

Number

Lost

Torpedo boats

Their crews tried to break out towards Yantai (Chefoo); six were destroyed and seven captured.

Gunboats and training ships

Surrendered with the fleet on 12 February.

several

Map

Chinese fleet withdraws to Weihaiwei September – October 1894
Japanese landing at Rongcheng Bay 19–20 January 1895