 Chiteshi chengarava cheWeihaiwei chakashanda sehwaro hweChinese Beiyang Fleet Northern Seas Fleet, yakavambwa muna 1871 mumakore ekupedzisira ehumambo hweQing muChina. Muna 1895, mauto eJapan epanyika neegungwa akatora chiteshi chechiteshi muHondo yeWeihaiwei, hondo huru yekupedzisira yeHondo Yekutanga yeChina neJapanra18941895. VaJapan vakadzokera shure muna 1898. 