Show SUNK THE CHEN CHEH YUEN japanese again victorious over chinese on oil the seas tien tsin july ZI 31 A A naval battle was yesterday between the chinese and japanese fleets the capanes Ji Ja panes sunk the chinese warship chen yuen two large ciul sers supposed to be vessels built for china ny by the ata armstrongs etron sn were captured or destroyed the clien yuen was a of tons tong displacement carrying IHS it inch compound wm pound armola armak to the water line her battery Inel adea four 12 inch guns protected iby armor breastwork two smaller emi llor krupps 11 inch hotchkiss cannon and tubes tube for WAKe head torpedoes two 8 dineh anil and C G dineh IC arld and a secondary battery of hoheb kiss revolving rev olvine cannon the chen yuen was built budt for china tit nt the stettin world work she was a sister ship of the nie ling yun n and was the taft most powerful ship in the chinese navy with the exception of rhe ithe ling yuen |