Battle of Hansan Island
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| Fleet of Toyotomi Hideyoshi | Joseon navy | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
| Wakizaka Yasuharu |
Yi Sun Shin Won Kyun Yi Eok Ki |
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| Strength | |||||||
| 73 ships (Diary of Yi Sun Shin), (Yi's Military report published by the Japanese Governor-General of Korea) | 56 ships | ||||||
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66 ships destroyed. (Diary of Yi Sun Shin), (Yi's Military report published by the Japanese Governor-General of Korea),(American historian) 9000 soldiers killed(American historian) |
No ships lost 19 dead and 400 wounded. (Diary of Yi Sun Shin),(American historian),(Yi's Military report published by the Japanese Governor-General of Korea) |
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| Battle of Hansan Island | |
| Hangul | 한산도대첩 |
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| Hanja | 閑山島大捷 |
| Revised Romanization | Hansan-do Daecheop |
| McCune–Reischauer | Hansan-do Taech'ŏp |
66 ships destroyed. (Diary of Yi Sun Shin), (Yi's Military report published by the Japanese Governor-General of Korea),(American historian)
No ships lost
The naval Battle of Hansan Island, also known as the Battle of Hansando, took place on July 8, 1592, near the Korean island of Hansan. Korean admiral Yi Sun-sin destroyed at least 47 Japanese ships, captured 12. This battle is also the first in Admiral Yi's 3rd Naval Campaign. The battle, one of the three great battles won by Joseon during the Imjin Waeran, carried great import, because Joseon's forces now came to dominate the southern seas. After Hansan-do Toyotomi Hideyoshi ordered the Japanese navy to avoid direct engagement with the Joseon navy and instead station itself in fortifications along the coast to defend important sea lands.
Admiral Yi Sun Shin, along with the small fleet of seven ships of Admiral Won Gyun, had fought two campaigns across the southern coast of Korea. Admiral Yi Eok Ki joined Admirals Yi and Won for the third campaign. In all, the Koreans sank over 60 Japanese ships. Admiral Yi and the combined Korean fleet did not lose any ships and suffered only 11 killed and 26 wounded up to this point.
Given the importance that the Japanese navy had in supplying the army as it advanced along the Korean peninsula and prepared to invade China, Toyotomi Hideyoshi made it absolutely imperative to his commanders that the naval situation must be brought under control, the Korean fleets destroyed and the supply routes through the Yellow Sea secured. The Japanese commander, Wakizaka Yasuharu, was ordered to wait and combine his fleet with the forces of Katō Yoshiaki and Kuki Yoshitaka to seek out and destroy the Korean fleet. However, it would have taken some time for Katō and Kuki to assemble their ships, so Wakizaka went out alone with 73 ships. Out of the 73 ships, 36 were the large multi-decked atakebune, 24 the medium-sized seki bune and 13 small kobaya scout ships. The fleet is the elite of the Japanese navy.
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