这是一支远早于北洋舰队的强大海军,西方的军史中称其为中英联合舰队。大清国在最艰难的时候勒紧裤腰带为它准备了巨款,而英国人也毫不吝啬地为它配置了许多先进装备。成军后,它却在政治的口水战中迅速消亡…… This is a powerful naval unit far earlier than the Northern Fleet, which was described as a Sino-British joint fleet in Western military history. The Qing dynasty tightened its belts to prepare huge sums of money for it in the toughest of times, and the British were generously equipped with many advanced equipment. After the war, it rapidly vanished in the political war of words and salutes.