Battle of Noryang

Battle of Noryang
Part of the Japanese invasions of Korea (1592–1598)
Part of a Naval Battle Scroll from the Imjin War.
Date 16 December 1598 (Gregorian Calendar) Keichō 3, 19th day of 11 month (Lunar calendar) Location Noryang Strait, off the coast of Namhae Island Result Joseon and Ming Empire victory[1][2] End of the Imjin War
Belligerents
Japan	Joseon Ming Empire
Commanders and leaders
Japan Main: Konishi Yukinaga Reinforcement: Shimazu Yoshihiro Tachibana Muneshige[3] Wakizaka Yasuharu So Yoshitoshi Takahashi Naotugu Kobayakawa Hidekane Tsukushi Hirokado Terazawa Hirotaka	Yi Sun-sin † Yi Yeong-nam † Chen Lin Chen Kan Deng Zilong †
Strength
300 ships[4] 500 ships (Korean sources)	148 ships Joseon: 85 warships[5] Ming: 63 warships[6] 6 large junks 57 small junks
Casualties and losses
200 ships sunk 100 ships captured 500 soldiers beheaded 100+ soldiers captured 13,000 soldiers killed[7] 200 ships[4]	500 soldiers and sailors

The Battle of Noryang, the last major battle of the Japanese invasions of Korea (1592–1598), was fought between the Japanese navy and the combined fleets of the Joseon Kingdom and the Ming dynasty. It took place in the early morning of 16 December (19 November in the Lunar calendar) 1598 and ended past dawn.

The allied force of about 150 Joseon and Ming Chinese ships, led by admirals Yi Sun-sin and Chen Lin, attacked and either destroyed or captured more than half of the 500 Japanese ships commanded by Shimazu Yoshihiro, who was attempting to link-up with Konishi Yukinaga. The battered survivors of Shimazu's fleet limped back to Busan and a few days later, left for Japan. At the height of the battle, Yi was hit by a bullet from an arquebus and died shortly thereafter. Chen Lin reported the news back to the Wanli Emperor, and since then, Chen and Yi were celebrated as national heroes.