The three ships of this class have all experienced the turbulent period of warlord era in the early years of the Republic of China.

At the beginning of the Second Sino-Japanese War in 1937, the remaining two ships, Chien Kang (formerly Fu Po) and Tung An (formerly Fei Hung) were all lost.

The Qing government intended to rebuild the navy after the First Sino-Japanese War of 1894–1895 and bought warships from Britain, Germany and other countries.

However, the rebuilt fleet suffered another severe damage during the Boxer Rebellion of 1900, and only managed to purchased four Hai Lung-class destroyers.

[5] ex-Chang Feng (長風) ex-Fu Po (伏波) ex-Fei Yuen (飛雲) / Fei Hung / Yen Yung