19世纪60年以后,清朝开始推行海军近代化进行一系列军事改革,其中北洋海军轰动整个亚洲。然而,北洋海军在甲午战争中的惨败,却让世人震惊。北洋海军的失败有着深刻地历史原因,如政治和经济基础薄弱、军事建设不足、官兵自身素质低下等。对其由成立到覆灭的缺陷进行探究,将为我们提供许多宝贵的历史借鉴与启示。 Sixty years after the 19th century, the Qing Dynasty began to carry out a series of military reforms aimed at the modernization of the Navy, in which the Northern navy made a sensation throughout Asia. However, the Northern naval defeat in the Sino-Japanese War, let the world shocked. The failure of the Beiyang navy has profound historical reasons, such as weak political and economic foundation, inadequate military construction and the low quality of its own officers and soldiers. Inquiring into its defects from establishment to destruction, will provide us with many valuable historical references and enlightenments.