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The 50-meter-long Zhiyuan Warship1, located 10 nautical2 miles southwest of Dandong Port, was sunken by the Japanese navy during a Sino-Japanese War about 12 decades ago.
The State Administration of Cultural Heritage launched investigation3 and salvage4 work on the 1600-tonne ship in August.
So far over 100 items, including pieces of ship parts and belongings5 of the sailors have been successfully salvaged6 from the wreck7.
Zhou Chunshui, head of the archaeological team said after months of work, they now know the overall status of the warship well.
北洋水师致远舰被找到
"We know that it experienced flames of war and the Japanese improperly9 tried to salvage it in the 1930s, so it is not preserved very well. It is like a ship sinking into water and the whole hull10 of the ship began to sink. Actually it was buried by sand and the part above the shoreline disappeared."
Zhou adds that further investigation is needed to decide whether to lift the ship, whose main structure has remained intact, out of the water.
Sa Su, a Chinese scholar of Japanese studies, said whether the ship would be salvaged depends on the hull's current condition.
"If the hull is integrated, we may consider salvaging11 the entire ship. If the hull was damaged severely12, like 70 percent of the rivets13 have fallen, it's impossible to salvage the whole ship. Instead, we could salvage it separately. We also need to consider how to preserve it after it is brought out of water. If it is impossible to salvage it, we will get half the result with twice the effort."
The Zhiyuan Warship coded 'Dandong No.1' was found during an underwater exploration for port construction in Dandong in Liaoning Province last year.
It was one of the 4 warships14 from the Beiyang Fleet, the imperial naval15 forces of the Qing Dynasty, which was defeated by the Japanese navy in the Battle of Yellow Sea back in 1894.
A total of 252 officers and soldiers were aboard.
Only seven survived the battle.
For CRI, I'm Niu Honglin.
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1 warship | |
n.军舰,战舰 | |
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2 nautical | |
adj.海上的,航海的,船员的 | |
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n.调查,调查研究 | |
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v.救助,营救,援救;n.救助,营救 | |
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5 belongings | |
n.私人物品,私人财物 | |
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6 salvaged | |
(从火灾、海难等中)抢救(某物)( salvage的过去式和过去分词 ); 回收利用(某物) | |
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7 wreck | |
n.失事,遇难;沉船;vt.(船等)失事,遇难 | |
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n.爱好,癖好;adj.弯的;决心的,一心的 | |
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不正确地,不适当地 | |
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10 hull | |
n.船身;(果、实等的)外壳;vt.去(谷物等)壳 | |
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(从火灾、海难等中)抢救(某物)( salvage的现在分词 ); 回收利用(某物) | |
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12 severely | |
adv.严格地;严厉地;非常恶劣地 | |
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13 rivets | |
铆钉( rivet的名词复数 ) | |
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14 warships | |
军舰,战舰( warship的名词复数 ); 舰只 | |
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adj.海军的,军舰的,船的 | |
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