1In the early summer of 909, the destroyer Eagle, together with a customs patrol boat, sailed to Dongsha to collect evidence, and also visited the Xisha Islands. In his report back to Beijing, Zhang pointed out that Dongsha and Xisha "are the crossroads of Europe leading to China and the first gateway to Nanyang. If they are left to fend for themselves, it is a pity that they are not abandoned by geographical advantages, and no territory is aware of protecting sea power. " The American Christian Monitor reported that "Commander Wu" of the Qing army task force suggested that the imperial court should emigrate to all habitable South China Sea islands as soon as possible. China and Japan finally signed the Treaty of Dongsha in June1909+1October1,making it clear that dongsha islands is the inherent territory of China, and the Japanese army immediately withdrew. China bought the existing facilities on the island with 6,543.8+6,000 RMB, and at the same time, the Japanese also paid all kinds of taxes and damages on the temple property, totaling 30,000 RMB.
19 1 1 year, the revolution of 1911 broke out. The destroyer Eagle was commanded by Lin Songzhuang, the fifth person in Fuzhou, Fujian Province. After Liu Guanxiong, Lin and Yang, it took part in the naval uprising in Zhenjiang, Jiangsu Province on June 5438+065438+1October 2, and went to the Republic of China with Armstrong's torpedo gunboat "Feiting".
19 13 At the beginning of this year, Sun Yat-sen, under the leadership of Jiangxi Governor Li Liejun, launched the Northern Expedition for Yuan in Hukou, Nanjing and Shanghai, which was the first civil war in the Republic of China. Yuan Shikai ordered Feng and other army troops to go south, while Liu Guanxiong led the naval fleet to suppress them. The Eagle was originally anchored in the north. At the beginning of the year, more than 1000 soldiers who were abolished made trouble in Yantai. At that time, the market situation in Yantai was very critical. The destroyer "Eagle" and cruiser "Haiqi" moored in Yantai sent officers and men ashore to help Yantai Naval Training Camp and Shandong Army calm down the incident. Afterwards, Chen, the captain of the "Eagle" at that time (the third since the late Qing Dynasty), was awarded the first-class gold medal of the navy, and other officers and men who landed were also awarded medals, such as Yang Juansheng, Ye Baojun, Gao, Chen Xiangrui, Tian Lifa and Yang.
1965438+On August 4th, 2007, the destroyer Eagle joined the dharma fleet.
19 18 In May, Sun Yat-sen was expelled from Guangdong and Guangxi by Guangxi warlords on the grounds of reorganizing the military government organization, and the national protection fleet officially returned to Guangxi.
1924 June19, some sailors of the destroyer eagle clashed with a group of gamblers in Xinzhou, Henan, Guangzhou, for unknown reasons. Sailors are beaten less and suffer. After fleeing back to the ship, he suddenly shelled Xinzhou neighborhood with naval guns, causing strong public anger.
1On September 28th, 927, the destroyer Eagle supported the landing of Guangdong navy and army troops with artillery fire and attacked the August 1st Rebel Army, but it was defeated due to heavy losses of troops.
1932, due to internal contradictions in Guangdong, Chen Ce, commander-in-chief of Guangdong Navy, ordered the ship to sail to Hainan Island. On July 6, Guangdong leader Chen ordered the Guangdong Air Force plane to take off from Leizhou and bomb the destroyer Eagle in Haikou. There was a battle between the sea and the air, and the destroyer Eagle was shot and hung a life-saving flag to show no resistance. However, the pilot still risked flying at low altitude to bomb because Chen had a reward of 200,000 yuan. This is the first warship sunk by China Air Force.