Chinese cruiser Chao Ho

Chao Ho was the lead ship of a class of three training protected cruisers ordered for the Qing Dynasty, each built at a different yard so that crews would meet varied boilers and weapons. She was laid down at Elswick by Armstrong Whitworth on 7 October 1910, launched on 23 October 1911 and finished her trials on 21 February 1912, nine days after the Xinhai Revolution ended the Qing, so she was delivered to the Republic of China in March 1913. She was the largest of the three, with thicker armour than her sister Ying Rui and two Armstrong 6-inch guns on the forecastle and poop. Rebels briefly captured her in December 1915, and during the warlord era she served in the Northern Fleet at Qingdao and was refitted by Japanese engineers in 1927. On 14 September 1937 she and Hai Chow engaged the Japanese cruiser Yubari and two destroyers near the Bocca Tigris forts, and on 30 September 1937 Japanese naval aircraft sank her.