咸丰同治年间武装轮船初探

Tentative Studies on Armed Steamboats during Xianfeng and Tongzhi Periods

晚清咸丰、同治年间,在西方的影响下,轮船在中国开始被投入军事用途。民间与政府先后雇佣和购买了一批武装轮船,用于护航、捕盗和对内战争。太平天国战争时期,"常胜军"的武装轮船在长江下游的作战中发挥了巨大威力,而太平军亦曾劫夺轮船以为己用。作为近代海军的前身,武装轮船在这一时期的交战中曾起到重要的作用。探讨当时的武装轮船及其用途,有助于全面了解晚清军事近代化的发展进程。

During Xianfeng and Tongzhi Periods of late Qing Dynasty,steamboat in China began its use for military purpose due to the effect by west.Civil organizations and government employed and bought some armed steamboats in order to protect merchant ships,attack pirates and squash revolts.In the period of Taiping Rebellion,armed steamboats served for the Ever Victorious Army showed their great power in the battles at lower reaches of Yangtze River,while Taiping Army also seized several boats for itself use.As the ...