Both ships participated in the Yellow Sea War of1September, 894 17. In the naval battle, the flagship of the Japanese fleet "Matsushima" was hit by the main gun of the "Zhenyuan" ship, causing a fire, losing its combat effectiveness and being forced to withdraw from the battlefield. However, due to the sudden encounter with the enemy and insufficient preparation, Beiyang Navy lacked ammunition for Dingyuan and Zhenyuan, and failed to give full play to its combat effectiveness in the naval battle. The second ship also participated in the subsequent Weihaiwei Defence War. In June 1894,165438+1October 14, the ship Zhenyuan accidentally hit the rocks when entering the port, and the Lushun wharf was captured by the Japanese, so it was unable to go to sea to fight. Lin Tai, the leader in charge, committed suicide the next night. 1On the night of February 4, 895, Dingyuan was ambushed and injured by the Japanese torpedo boat No.9 that broke into the harbor. On the 9th, Dingyuan was hit by artillery fire occupied by Japanese troops, and the Dingyuan ship blew itself up the next day. /kloc-on February 7, 2008, Zhenyuan was captured by the Japanese army and incorporated into the Japanese fleet. Participated in the Russo-Japanese War and the maritime ship review held in Kobe in Meiji 33. 1898 was designated as a second-class battleship,1905+February was changed to a first-class coastal defense ship,191kloc-0/April was disarmed. After the victory of the Anti-Japanese War, all the exquisite furnishings of the Japanese Admiralty were seized by the US military. Among them, important cultural relics such as guns displayed in the command module of Zhenyuan Ship, pictures and characters of the Sino-Japanese War of 1894-1895 are now collected in the History Museum of American Institute of Asian Culture, and the remaining humiliated cultural relics of Zhenyuan Ship were taken back to the motherland by China Merchants Xing Fei and Longshun in two batches at 1947.