As her armament was being removed for use as shore batteries during the Battle of Nanjing, she was once again attacked by planes from the Japanese aircraft carriers, and was sunk.

[2] The year after being laid down for the Imperial Chinese Navy, the 267-year reign of the Manchu Qing Dynasty came to an end when Dr. Sun Yat-Sen's Xinhai Revolution forced the abdication of the child-emperor Puyi and created the Republic of China.

Ying Rui displaced 2,460 long tons (2,500 tonnes), and carried a crew of 270 officers and enlisted men.

Chao Ho and Ying Rui were the first Chinese vessels to be fitted with a three-shaft Parsons Marine steam turbine.

[2] The ship headed to the River Clyde, with its crew supplemented by the men of the cruiser Hai Chi, which was also in Barrow-in-Furness at the time.

[9] In mid-1917, Admiral Sa Zhenbing was offered Ying Rui and Chao Ho to suppress the Manchu Restoration, but declined.

[11] In July 1923, during the Warlord era of Chinese history, Ying Rui and fellow cruiser Hai Yung departed Shanghai with orders to bombard Amoy (now Xiamen) to prevent further navy defections to the Beiyang Government of Northern China.

[12] Ying Rui remained unused in major operations, and along with the rest of the Central Fleet, she declared herself for the Kuomintang on 14 March 1927 during the Northern Expedition.

Starting 14 August 1937, the Imperial Japanese Navy began a campaign of aerial bombardment during the Battle of Shanghai against Jiangyin from the aircraft carriers Ryūjō, Hōshō and Kaga.