China confirms wreck site of battleship from First Sino-Japanese War

Photo taken in east China's Shandong Province on Sept. 2, 2019 shows a piece of shipwrecked relic of the Dingyuan Battleship, the flagship vessel of the Beiyang Fleet of the Qing Dynasty (1644-1912) sunk in the First Sino-Japanese War. Chinese archeologists said Monday they have confirmed the wreck site of a Chinese battleship sunk in the Yellow Sea by the invading Japanese fleet in 1894.

Undated photo shows members of an archaeological team conducting an underwater survey in the Yellow Sea.

Undated photo shows a piece of shipwrecked relic of the Dingyuan Battleship.

Undated photo shows a member of an archaeological team conducting an underwater survey in the Yellow Sea.

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