 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Ngarava dzose dziri mbiri dzakagoverwa kuBeiyang Fleet. Jingyuan yakanga iri rutivi rwezvikepe zvengarava izvo zvakatenderera zvengarava mukati mezhizha ra 1889. Jingyuan yakatanga kushanda muHondo Yokutanga yeChina neJapan. Muhondo yeRwizi rweYaluMusi waSeptember 17, 1894, iye aiva mumwe wevakapona Chinese cruisers, kunyange akatambura kukuvara moto. Yakanyura munaFebruary akatevera panguva yeHondo yeWeihaiwei kubva pakupfurwa kubva kunhare yeChinese yakatorwa. Yakanyura yakamira mumvura isina kudzika, uye Admiral Ding Ruchang akarayira kuti iparadzwe nomugodhi wengarava. Akamutswa gore rakatevera racho nokuda kwokuraswa. 