216 years ago today, on June 10, 1809 (April 28, 1809 lunar calendar), China's first modernized ship "Evergreen" was launched. "Evergreen" was made into the "Evergreen" ship by the Guangzhou Shipping Bureau of the Qing Dynasty on June 10, 1809. This is the first steamer made by our country in the history of shipbuilding. June 11, 1937 The British mathematician Mundford was born in Sussex, England. Mundford creatively applied the geometric meaning of invariant theory and established a new discipline - geometric invariant theory. Another major contribution of Mundford was the theory of algebraic surfaces. For his outstanding achievements in the field of algebraic geometry, he was awarded the Fields Medal in 1974. On June 10, 1869, the Qing Dynasty's Fuzhou Ship Bureau made the "Evergreen" steamship. This is the first steamship in the history of shipbuilding in our country. China's shipbuilding industry began with the suppression of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom Movement and a group of Westerners who emerged during the Second Opium War. During the war, they had a deeper understanding of the products of modern Western industrial technology - ships and guns. In 1861, Zeng Guofan established an internal ordnance department in Anqing, and on January 28, 1863, he made China's first wooden-hulled small steamer, the "Huanghu". In 1868, the Jiangnan Manufacturing General Administration produced China's first self-built steamship (wooden hull), the Huiji. The real rise of China's shipbuilding industry was also in the establishment of the Fuzhou Ship Bureau. In 1866, General Tso established the Fuzhou Shipbuilding Bureau. This was the largest shipbuilding factory at the time to manufacture and repair naval weapons and equipment. In June 1869, the first ship made by the Fuzhou Shipbuilding Bureau, the "Evergreen", was launched. The ship was 238 feet long, 27.8 feet wide, 14.2 feet draft, with a displacement of 1370 tons, 150 horsepower, a speed of 10 knots, a wooden shell, and two silver 163,000. From then on to 1907, the Shipbuilding Bureau manufactured a total of 40 ships, with a total tonnage of more than 47,000 tons, accounting for 74% of the total shipbuilding in the late Qing Dynasty. The first batch of skilled craftsmen in China were also born, and they could build ships on their own strength. In the process of setting up the factory, although the Shipbuilding Bureau encountered various difficulties, it gradually improved in shipbuilding technology. In the history of modern Chinese shipbuilding, it occupies a very important position. Under the Japanese Yige Superintendent of Shipbuilding Extended Reading: The first warship of the Chinese Navy, the "Evergreen" Extended Reading: The first warship of the Chinese Navy, the "Evergreen" In the 1860s, some people of insight, strongly feeling the serious threat of foreign invaders' strong ships and guns, proposed to establish "Westernization" to enrich the country and strengthen the army. On July 14, 1866, Fujian Shipping Administration was officially established with the approval of the Qing government, with the purpose of introducing Western technology, building modern warships, and establishing a coastal defense and water division. On August 19, the governor of Fujian and Zhejiang, Zuo Zongtang, went to Fuzhou Mawei to choose a factory site. After Zuo Zongtang's careful consideration and unremitting efforts, the preparations for Shipping Administration began to emerge. Fujian Shipping Administration officially started construction on December 23, 1866. Just as the shipping administration was under intense preparation, the Qing court ordered the transfer of General Tso to the governor of Shaanxi and Gansu. On February 1, 1867, Shen Baozhen became the "Prime Minister of Shipping" and stepped up the infrastructure construction. By 1874, the Mawei Shipyard was generally completed. After the establishment of Fujian Shipping Administration, shipbuilding began first. Evergreen - armed transport ship, the first ship built after the establishment of Fuzhou Shipping Administration, and the first modern ship in Chinese history to be developed and manufactured by itself., On January 18, 1868, Shen Baozhen presided over the keel laying ceremony of the first wooden warship "Wannian Qing". It took one year and six months to work and was completed on June 10, 1869. " "Wannian Qing" is a wooden-hulled steam ship, 76.16 meters long, 8.9 meters wide, 4.54 meters draft, 1370 tons displacement, 150 horsepower, propeller propulsion, with sail power, speed of 10 knots, cost 163,000 silver taels. On June 10, 1869, under the painstaking management of Shen Baozhen, with the joint efforts of all the shipping staff, the first ship "Evergreen" manufactured by the Ma Wei Shipping Bureau was completed and launched. On September 25, Shen Baozhen boarded the ship for a successful sea trial, marking the beginning of the difficult modern Chinese coastal defense industry. On September 26, 1869, in the absence of foreigners to guide the port, the first steam turbine battleship built by China, the "Wannian Qing", went to sea for trial. It was piloted by Bei Jinquan, one of the earliest steamers in our country in modern times, and he was the first person to drive China's own steam warship. Despite the strong winds and surging waves at sea, all positions on the ship worked together and coordinated. The helmsman, engineer, gunner, sailor, etc. cooperated tacitly, and the maiden voyage was a success. On November 8, Chongyuan, who was then the Minister of Commerce of the three countries, boarded the ship and went to sea on the order of the Qing government to accept the first domestic ship. The hull of the ship was sturdy and solid, the turbines were running briskly, and the guns were roaring and deafening, demonstrating the fearlessness of the Chinese navy to defend the motherland's maritime borders to the death. The "Wannian Qing", in both tonnage and power, greatly exceeded the "Chiyoda" or "Qinghui" built by Japan during the same period. The successful construction of the "Wannian Qing" is an important symbol of China's mastery of modern shipbuilding and navigation technology. Evergreen - an armed transport ship, the first ship built after the establishment of the Fuzhou Shipping Bureau, and the first modern ship in Chinese history to be developed and manufactured by itself. The keel was placed on January 18, 1868, and it took one year and six months to complete on June 10, 1869. The cost of silver was 163,000 taels. The first pipe belt was the former captain of "Hua Fubao" Bei Jinquan. The wooden hull of the ship was unarmored, 238 feet long, 27.8 feet wide, and 14.2 feet draft; displacement was 1,370 tons. Two coal-fired boilers, equipped with reciprocating steam engines imported from France, had 580 horsepower; the total area of the sails was 8,660 square feet, and the speed of the downwind was about 15 knots; the crew was 100 people, and it was equipped with six 5.5-foot guns. On January 20, 1887, the ship was collided and sank by a merchant ship of the British Jingshen Company outside Wusongkou in Shanghai. The "Wannian Qing" ship killed more than 70 people and submerged Jingji Gongwen. After an investigation, the responsibility was compensated by British Airways.