The Chen Yuen was a Chinese warship at the Battle of the Yalu River, which took place on 17 September 1894, between the Japanese and Chinese. Captured by the Japanese after the battle, she was rebuilt in 1896/7 and served throughout the Russo-Japanese War as a second-line battleship. She was scrapped in 1914.

Chen Yuen was built by AG Vulcan , in Stettin, Germany (now Szczecin, Poland). The hull was laid down in March 1882 with the vessel launched on 28 November 1882 and sea trials commencing in March 1884.

The Chen Yuen was 7670 tons loaded and had a speed of 15.4 knots. At 10 knots (19 km/h), Chen Yuen had a range of around 4,500 nautical miles. Armament consisted of four 12-inch Krupp 25 calibre breechloading guns in two barbettes with a secondary armament of two 5.9-inch, 35-calibre Krupp breechloaders, six 37mm guns and three torpedo tubes above the waterline. Crew was around 363 officers and men.

She was a sister ship to Ting Yuen.

References

• Wright, Richard N. J., The Chinese Steam Navy 1862-1945, Chatham Publishing, London, 2000, ISBN 1861761449
• Chesneau, Roger and Eugene M. Kolesnik (editors), All The World's Fighting Ships 1860-1905, Conway Maritime Press, 1979 reprinted 2002, ISBN 0851771335