Chinese cruiser Ying Rui

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|Ship name=''Ying Rui'' (應瑞) |Ship namesake= |Ship ordered= |Ship awarded= |Ship builder=Vickers Limited |Ship original cost=£204,000 |Ship yard number= |Ship way number= |Ship laid down=12 December 1910 |Ship launched=13 July 1911 |Ship completed=2 December 1911 |Ship commissioned= |Ship maiden voyage= |Ship in service= |Ship out of service= |Ship reclassified= |Ship refit= |Ship struck= |Ship reinstated= |Ship homeport=Nanjing |Ship identification= |Ship motto= |Ship nickname= |Ship honors= |Ship fate=Sunk 25 October 1937 by Japanese Aircraft |Ship notes= |Ship badge= }} protected cruiser |Ship displacement= |Ship length= |Ship beam= |Ship draught= |Ship propulsion=Three-shaft Parsons steam turbines, 2 cylindrical and 4 White-Foster boilers; |Ship speed= |Ship range= at |Ship complement=270 |Ship armament=* 2 x 1 - Vickers Mark J /45 guns *4 x 1 - /50 guns *4 x 1 - 14pdr QF guns *6 x 1 - 47/40 Hotchkiss guns *2 × Maxim guns *2 × torpedo tubes |Ship armour=*Deck: *Conning tower: |Ship notes= }} |} ''Ying Rui'' () was a protected cruiser built for the Imperial Chinese Navy, which served with the Republic of China Navy. She was built by Vickers Limited in Barrow-in-Furness, England. She was one of three protected cruisers built, although each one was to different specifications. Initially designated as a training vessel, she saw action at Amoy (now Xiamen) during the Warlord era, before returning again to her training role.

During the Second Sino-Japanese War, ''Ying Rui'' was assigned to the Central Fleet. She was bombarded during August and September 1937 by planes of the Imperial Japanese Navy, becoming damaged. By the following month, she was the last vessel of the fleet left afloat. As her armament was being removed for use as shore batteries during the Battle of Nanjing, she was once again attacked by planes from the Japanese aircraft carriers, and was sunk. Provided by Wikipedia