Myeongnyang
| Battle of Myeongnyang | |||||||
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| Part of the Imjin War | |||||||
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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 |
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330 ships (roughly 130 warships) |
13 ships | ||||||
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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 |
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| Battle of Myeongnyang | |
| Hangul | 명량대첩 |
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| 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).
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