山东威海定远舰的发现与论证

Investigation and Excavation of Warship Ting Yuen in Weihai,Shandong Province

定远舰是大清帝国的旗舰,先后参加了黄海海战和威海保卫战,在甲午海战中奋勇御敌,但是最终搁浅自爆,后经日方多次拆解。威海湾清甲午沉舰课题主要是通过科学系统的水下考古工作,探寻这艘重要战舰的搁浅位置及残存情况,经过近4年的水下考古工作,终于在刘公岛东南海域找到了它的身影。经过两次系统的水下试掘工作,出水了一批重要的战舰遗物,特别是装甲板和305mm主炮弹引信的出水,成为证明定远舰身份最直接的物证。

Warship Ting Yuen,the flagship of the Qing Empire,took part in the battle of Yalu River and Weihai Guardian,and fought bravely against the enemy in the First Sino-Japanese Naval Battle between 1894 and 1895.However,it eventually ran aground and exploded,and was dismantled many times by the Japanese.The subject of wreck of warship in Weihai Bay during the First Sino-Japanese War of the Qing Dynasty was mainly found through scientific underwater archaeology work,which explored the stranded location and remaining conditions of this important warship.After nearly four years of underwater archaeology work,the remains were finally found off the southeast coast of Liugong island.An important collection of the ship’s remains was discovered during two systematic underwater excavations,notably the discovery of an armor plate and 305 mm main shell fuzes,all of which became the most direct physical evidence to prove the identity of the warship Ting Yuen.