Battle of Myeongnyang

Battle of Myeongnyang
Part of the Imjin War
Date October 26, 1597 (September 16 according to Chinese lunisolar calendar, September 13 according to Korean lunisolar calendar) Location Myeongnyang Strait, near Jindo Island Result Decisive Joseon Victory
Belligerents
Fleet of Toyotomi Hideyoshi	Joseon Navy
Commanders and leaders
Tōdō Takatora Katō Yoshiaki Kurushima Michifusa † Wakizaka Yasuharu Mōri Takamasa Kan Michinaga Kuki Yoshitaka	Yi Sun-sin Kim Eok-chu Kim Ung-ham Ahn Wi Song Yeo-jong
Strength
330 ships (roughly 130 warships)	13 ships
Casualties and losses
30 ships crashed (Yi's records) More than 30 ships destroyed (Modern estimate) Half of the Japanese soldiers dead or wounded Half of Todo's subordinate officers dead or wounded including Tōdō Takatora(Todo's record)	No ships lost At least 2 killed and 3 wounded aboard Yi Sun-sin's flagship(Yi's record) At least 8 drowned from Ahn Wi's ship

Battle of Myeongnyang
Hangul	명량대첩
Hanja	鳴梁大捷
Revised Romanization	Myeongnyang Daecheop
McCune–Reischauer	Myŏngnyang Taech'ŏp

330 ships

30 ships crashed (Yi's records)

More than 30 ships destroyed (Modern estimate)

Half of the Japanese soldiers dead or wounded

No ships lost At least 2 killed and 3 wounded aboard Yi Sun-sin's flagship(Yi's record)

In the Battle of Myeongnyang, on October 26, 1597, the Korean Joseon kingdom's navy, led by Admiral Yi Sun-sin, fought the Japanese navy in the Myeongnyang Strait, near Jindo Island, off the southwest corner of the Korean peninsula.

With only 12 ships remaining from Admiral Won Gyun's disastrous defeat at the Battle of Chilchonryang, Admiral Yi held the strait as a "last stand" battle against the Japanese Navy, who were sailing to support their land army's advance towards the Joseon capital of Hanyang (modern-day Seoul).

The actual numeric strength of the Japanese fleet that Admiral Yi fought is unclear; various sources indicate the number of Japanese ships could have been anywhere between 120 to 330 ships, though the low end of this range appears to be a count of actual warships and the high end appears to be referring to the entire Japanese fleet (including roughly 200 supporting non-combatant ships). Regardless of the size of the Japanese fleet, all sources indicate that the Japanese ships heavily outnumbered the Korean ships, by at least a ten-to-one ratio. In total 30 Japanese warships were sunk or crippled during the battle. Todo Takatora, the commander of the Japanese navy, was wounded during the battle and half of his subordinate officers were also wounded or killed. Given the disparity in numbers of ships, the naval battle is regarded as one of Admiral Yi's most remarkable victories, and a humiliating naval defeat for the Japanese. Even after the victory, however, the Joseon navy was still outnumbered by the remaining Japanese navy, so Admiral Yi withdrew to the Yellow Sea to resupply his fleet and have more space for a mobile defense. After the Korean navy withdrew, the Japanese navy made an incursion into the western coast of Korea, near some islands in Yeonggwang County.

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