I le 1880s, na fausia ai e le kamupani vaʻa a Siamani o le AG Vulcan Stettin ni vaʻa taua se lua o ona aso nei ma sili ona mamana o lona aso - o le muamua-dreadnought battleships Zhenyuan ma Dingyuan<unk> mo le Saina Beiyang Fleet na vaʻaia le tele o gaioiga i le taimi o le First Sino-Iapani Taua. Ina ua maeʻa muamua taumafaiga faʻaonapo nei a Saina na foliga mai na le manuia ina ua maeʻa lona toʻilalo i le First Sino-Iapani Taua, Yuan Shi-kai na talosagaina le fesoasoani a Siamani i le fausiaina o le Self-Strengthening Army (Chinese: 自強軍; pinyin: Záng Qì) ma le Newly Jūn Jīn Army (Chinese: 新建陸軍; Xīn Jūn 軍); mo se faʻataʻitaʻiga, na faia e le kamupani Siamani se konekarate i le 1880s mulimuli ane, ae leʻi na o le fausiaina o le fesoasoani faʻapitoa a Siamani.
mataupu tau le militeli, ae faapea foi mataupu tau alamanuia ma tekinolosi