Battle of Chilcheollyang

Battle of Chilchonryang
Part of Imjin War
Date28 August 1597
LocationGeoje, Chilcheollyang, South Korea
Result Japanese victory
Belligerents
Fleet of Toyotomi Hideyoshi  Joseon Navy
Commanders and leaders
Todo Takatora
Katō Yoshiaki
Wakisaka Yasuharu
Konishi Yukinaga
Shimazu Yoshihiro
Kuki Yoshitaka		 Won Gyun†
Choe Ho†
Yi Eokgi†
Bae Seol
Strength
500-1,000 ships[1] ~200 ships[1]
Casualties and losses
? 188 ships[2]

The naval Battle of Chilcheollyang took place in the night of 28 August 1597. It resulted in the destruction of nearly the entire Korean fleet.[2]

Background

Won Gyun set sail for Busan on 17 August with the entire fleet, some 200 ships.[3]

Battle

The Korean fleet arrived near Busan on 20 August in 1597. As the day was about to end, they met a force of 500 to 1,000 Japanese ships arrayed against them. Won Gyun ordered a general attack on the enemy armada, but the Japanese fell back, letting the Koreans pursue. After a few back and forth exchanges, with one chasing the other, one retreating, the Japanese turned around one last time, destroying 30 ships and scattering the Korean fleet.[2]

Won's men docked at Gadeok and ran ashore to find water where they were ambushed by 3,000 enemy troops under Shimazu Yoshihiro. They lost 400 men and several vessels.[2]

From Gadeok, Won retreated north and west into the strait between Geoje and the island of Chilchon, Chilchonnyang. Won Gyun then retired to his flagship and refused to see anyone. The entire fleet sat in the strait for an entire week.[2]

The Japanese commanders convened on 22 August to plan a joint assault on the Koreans. Shimazu Yoshihiro ferried 2,000 of his men to Geoje where he arrayed them on the northwest coast, overlooking the Korean fleet below.[2]

On the night of 28 August, a Japanese fleet of 500 ships moved into the strait and attacked. By dawn nearly all the Korean ships had been destroyed.[2]

Won Gyun fled to the mainland but could not keep up with his men. He sat down under a pine tree until the Japanese found him. It's assumed his head was cut off.[2]

I Eokgi also died during the battle. He drowned himself.[2]

Aftermath

Prior to the destruction on 28 August, Bae Seol shifted 12 ships to an inlet farther down the strait and managed to escape. Bae Seol set fire to the camps at Hansando before the Japanese arrived. He then sailed west with the remaining 12 ships, all that was left of the Korean navy.[2]

Citations

  1. 1 2 Hawley 2014, p. 458.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Hawley 2005, p. 450.
  3. ↑ Hawley 2005, p. 446.

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