haichi

The cruiser Hai Chi ("Flag of the Sea") earned in 1911 the distinction of being the first Chinese war boat ever to visit the West when she steamed as near as possible to the Coronation of King George V, discharged a cargo of Chinese emissaries in gorgeous silken robes. Built in 1897 source : www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,753799-1,00.html New York Times, September 13, 1911, Wednesday The Chinese cruiser Hai-Chi, which arrived here Monday, was visited by hundreds yesterday. The Chinese residents of New York flocked to Seventy-ninth Street and the North River, and chartered every boat in sight to get on board the only vessel flying the flag of their country that has ever been in American waters. source : query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9802E0D91531E233A...

Nice old shot of a moment in time, lovely to see pictures like this.

From the Qing Navy; the Double 10 revolution was less than a month away.

Hai Chi (1898) - Sunk 1937

a story on her arrival in NY, the first Chinese ship flying the navy flag to visit, September 11, 1911, Tuesday, the same day the keel was laid for future battleship New York. (the 9/11 date is eerie) query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?res=9801E1DB1131E2...

I started an entry in Wikipedia: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hai_Chi

www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,753799-1,00.html The cruiser Hai Chi ("Flag of the Sea") earned in 1911 the distinction of being the first Chinese war boat ever to visit the West when she steamed as near as possible to the Coronation of King George V, discharged a cargo of Chinese emissaries in gorgeous silken robes. Built in 1897 query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9802E0D91531E233A... New York Times, September 13, 1911, Wednesday The Chinese cruiser Hai-Chi, which arrived here Monday, was visited by hundreds yesterday. The Chinese residents of New York flocked to Seventy-ninth Street and the North River, and chartered every boat in sight to get on board the only vessel flying the flag of their country that has ever been in American waters.

Photo appears to be dated 9/11/11 on the bottom of left side, and 3/1/12 on the left side of bottom. First date match's @frapit's arrival date in New York. A trained eye might recognize the hill line, maybe along the East River on the way to Brooklyn Navy Yard? LOC has a number of photos of the Utah and keel of the New York from the same day and next day.

Thanks to both frapit and roketpad! We'll update the date and title in the source information and reload the description.

Was this ship a unit of the re-built Beiyang fleet?

Isn't the modern Chinese Navy (PLA Navy), the descendant of the Beiyang fleet?