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    Admiral Ding Ruchang (Chinese: 丁汝昌; pinyin: Dīng Rǔchāng; Wade–Giles: Ting Ju-ch'ang; 18 November 1836 – 12 February 1895) was a Chinese military officer...
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    coastal defences he was appointed co-admiral of the fleet alongside Ding Ruchang. William Ferdinand Tyler a former sub-lieutenant in the Royal Navy Reserves...
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    sank the vessel. Over 800 Chinese soldiers died in the action. Admiral Ding Ruchang had learned about the engagement at Pungdo on the morning of 26 July...
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    Asian waters at the time. Dingyuan served as the flagship of Admiral Ding Ruchang during her active career. In the 1880s and early 1890s, the Beiyang Fleet...
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    before the attack. However, the Chinese soldiers performed poorly and Ding Ruchang's sailors were the only formation he trusted. At Dengzhou (a part of modern...
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    September 14, they were joined by another 2,000 soldiers. Initially, Admiral Ding wanted to send the transports under a light escort with only a few ships...
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    use". In 1890, the Beiyang Fleet visited Hong Kong. When Fleet Admiral Ding Ruchang left his ship, Liu took down the fleet admiral flag and put up his admiral...
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    Navy Ding Laihang (born 1957), Commander of the PLA Air Force Ding Ruchang (1836–1895), late Qing dynasty admiral in the First Sino-Japanese War Ding Yi...
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    in the Imperial Chinese Navy who, following the suicide of Admirals Ding Ruchang and Liu Buchan, took command of the Beiyang Fleet during the Battle of...
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    captured Chinese fort. She sank upright in shallow water, and Admiral Ding Ruchang gave orders for her to be destroyed by a naval mine. She was raised the...
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    and Germany were assigned to the Beiyang Fleet. On September 14, 1888, Ding Ruchang was given the command of the Beiyang Fleet. From 1887 onward, more than...
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  • Jin-seong - Yuan Shikai Park Gyeong-deuk - Wu Changqing Kwon Hyeok-ho - Ding Ruchang Park Yong-sik - Ma Jianzhong Jeong Bong-yeon - Jubok Moon Hoe-won - Wu...
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    (175–210), Three Kingdoms era military general of the Kingdom of Wu Ding Ruchang (1836–1895), Qing Dynasty naval commander and captain of battleship Dingyuan...
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    Dagu, while Weiyuan was ordered back to Weihaiwei to inform Admiral Ding Ruchang of the situation unfolding in Korea. Fang Boqian decided to remain at...
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    naval battles against the Chinese Empire's Beiyang Fleet led by Admiral Ding Ruchang, notably at the Battle of the Yellow Sea. On 11 May 1895, Itō became...
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  • Japanese score another victory at the Battle of Weihaiwei; the Qing admiral Ding Ruchang commits suicide after his defeat. Itō Sukeyuki writes to Liu Buchan,...
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    War, she was under the command of Commodore Liu Pu-chan, while Admiral Ding Ruchang was also stationed on board. Zhenyuan was under the command of Captain...
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    the Taiping Rebellion who surrendered to the Qing dynasty in 1861 with Ding Ruchang. He was an eminent Han Chinese official and a Captain General in the...
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  • February 10 – Liu Buchan, Chinese admiral (suicide) (b. 1852) February 12 – Ding Ruchang, Chinese army officer, admiral (killed in action) (b. 1836) February...
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    shell exploded under his bed. 1894: Battle of the Yalu River: Admiral Ding Ruchang's legs were crushed, either due to a construction defect or the deliberate...
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    Arthur Sullivan (d. 1911) Máximo Gómez, Cuban military leader (d. 1905) Ding Ruchang, Chinese army officer, admiral (d. 1895) November 22 – Sir George Barham...
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    was KIA) Zhang Guoliang (in 1857) Feng Zicai Zhu Hongzhang Bao Chao Ding Ruchang Hu Xueyan Charles George Gordon Yuan Shikai Cen Chunxuan Chʻên, Chi-tʻung;...
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    9 August, and stopped in Plymouth Sound two days later where Admiral Ding Ruchang joined them to take command of the ships for the journey to China. Following...
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    summer of 1889, both vessels were part of the flotilla let by Admiral Ding Ruchang, calling on the Russian naval base of Vladivostok. In early 1894, both...
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  • gunshot Diaeus (146 BC), Greek strategos of the Achaean League, poison Ding Ruchang (1895), Chinese admiral, opium overdose Dioxippus (after 336 BC), ancient...
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    the summer of that year, she was part of the flotilla led by Admiral Ding Ruchang, which travelled to Chefoo (now Yantai), Chemlupo (now Incheon, South...
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    Zhang Shuosheng dispatched ships of Beiyang Fleet under the command of Ding Ruchang to Korea with Ma Jianzhong on board by request of Joseon's Queen. About...
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    of the ships. During this period, the fleet was commanded by Admiral Ding Ruchang, while Zhenyuan was captained by Lin Taizeng, who was promoted to the...
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  • Wenhui Ji Hongchang Wang Fengge February 10 - Liu Buchan February 12 - Ding Ruchang Lu Haodong Zhu Hongzhang Ng Yuzin Chiautong (1972), Historical and Legal...
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    out in Korea, and the Qing dynasty sent troops to calm the rebellion. Ding Ruchang, along with Captain Fang Boqian of "Jiyuan", escorted transport ships...
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