What was the name of the largest warship of the Qing navy before the Opium War?

Dingyuan and Zhenyuan ships. Take it easy. It's really a giant gun from Krupp Arsenal. However, at that time, because Cixi misappropriated the funds of Beiyang Navy to repair the Summer Palace, Li Hongzhang could not get the funds for rapid-fire guns and large-caliber auxiliary guns, but only got parts.

The so-called annihilation of the main force of Beiyang Navy in the Yellow Sea naval battle of the Japanese fleet refers to Dingyuan Zhenyuan No.2 ship. However, the Japanese navy became an army later than us, so the shooting technology is not good. Otherwise, if Mitsui's giant cannon hits Eryuan, the history of the Yellow Sea War will be rewritten. ...

See Baidu Encyclopedia "Dingyuan Ship" for details. In addition, I told the landlord that the protection of Dingyuan Zhenyuan No.2 ship is somewhat different, and Dingyuan is slightly stronger.