Naval Academy

Naval Academy

Naval School in late Qing Dynasty. The earliest naval academy was established in Tianjin in 1880 by Li Hongzhang, Minister of Beiyang.

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Naval Academy

Naval School in late Qing Dynasty. The earliest naval academy was established in Tianjin in 1880 by Li Hongzhang, Minister of Beiyang. The next year, the school officially began. We recruit young people who are innocent, have no disease, have clear hearing, clear eyes, clear words, have read two or three classics, and can give half a lecture. They are over 13 years old and under 17 years old. The length of study is 5 years. Four years of in class study, including English, cartography, arithmetic, algebra, geometry, trigonometry, driving methods, surveying, astronomical phenomena, heavy learning, chemistry, Gezhi, etc.; one year of practice on the ship, learning various skills on the ship, including "cannon, foreign spear, sword, manipulation, advantages and disadvantages of medicine and bullet, connection on the mast, sailing methods", etc. It is required to be able to understand and use in driving. In addition, there are also classics reading and Chinese language reading, which aims to make students understand the meaning and ethics. After graduation, he was awarded the position of marine officer.

The history of the school

At first, Wu Zan became the general office and was soon replaced by Wu Zhongxiang. Yan Fu has been a general teacher for 20 years. Tianjin Naval Academy is a large-scale naval academy with complete regulations after the shipping administration academy in the late Qing Dynasty. It is an important place to cultivate naval talents. In 1887, the Qing government set up the Guangdong Naval Academy in Guangzhou, the summer palace in Beijing, Weihaiwei in Shandong in 1889, Nanjing in 1890, Yantai in Shandong in 1894, and so on. There are two sections: navigation or navigation and ship management. Among them, Guangdong Naval Academy and Nanjing Naval Academy are larger in scale. In addition, there are torpedo schools in Huangpu and Lushunkou, Fengtian, Guangdong. Train the talents to drive torpedo ships. The naval academy also sent students to Japan, Britain, France, Germany and other countries to study.

Address: Liugong Island Scenic spot at the mouth of Weihai Bay, Huancui District, Weihai City

Longitude: 122.17583322368

Latitude: 37.504361632134

Ticket information: no ticket required. Included in the ticket of Liugong Island Scenic spot.

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