Wreckage ID'd as sunken Qing warship

Experts have confirmed that a shipwreck found in waters off the coast of northeastern China's Liaoning province is that of a legendry cruiser sunk during the First Sino-Japanese War (1894-95).

The mighty Jingyuan - spelled "King Yuen" at the time - was an armored cruiser from the Beiyang Fleet, the modernized imperial navy of the Qing Dynasty (1644-1911).

Built in 1887 in Germany's Stettin (now Szczecin, Poland), the ship was 82.4 meters long and had a displacement of 2,900 metric tons. It was lost along with three other vessels on Sept 17, 1894, during the Battle of the Yalu River.