Major conflict1592

Battle of Hansan Island

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Hansan Island · off Tongyeong · southern Korean coast

Estimated casualties

Casualty figures unrecorded for this conflict.

On 14 August 1592 Admiral Yi Sun-sin's Joseon fleet, using the 'crane wing' formation, destroyed or captured most of a large Japanese fleet near Hansan Island, halting Japanese naval operations during the Imjin War.

Belligerents2

Joseon (Korea)
Japan (Toyotomi)

Sources

Wikipedia: Battle of Hansan Island
Yi Sun-sin, Nanjung Ilgi (War Diary)
Wikipedia — text reused under CC BY-SA 4.0

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