30 ships,around 3800 dead soldiers,numerous captured
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Template:Campaignbox Admiral Yi 1st Campaign Jump to: navigation, search The Seven-Year War was the conflict from 1592 to 1598 on the Korean peninsula, following two successive Japanese invasions of Korea. ... Jump to: navigation, search October 7 is the 280th day of the year (281st in leap years). ... Events January 30 - The death of Pope Innocent IX during the previous year had left the Papal throne vacant. ... Jeolla (Jeolla-do) was one of the eight provinces of Korea during the Joseon Dynasty. ... Hideyoshi in old age. ... Jump to: navigation, search Yi Sun-sin (March 8, 1545 – November 19, 1598), was a famous Korean naval leader. ...
The Battle of Okpo was a battle of the first phase of the Seven Year War between Japan and Chosun (Korea). Arriving at Okpo Bay, the Korean Navy waited until all of the Japanese Navy was aboard their ships and began firing cannons. The commander Yi Soon-Shin instructed his ships to form a single line formation and fire at the enemy,hoping to use longer cannon range to defeat the Japanese. The Korean navy's cannnons caused so much destruction and havoc among the enemy ships, it is said that the Japanese did not have a chance to strike back. The Japanese had originally thought that Korea had no navy. But after engaging in this battle, they were proven wrong. For the 1756–1763 war, see Seven Years War. ...
On May 7th, Korean navy under two admirals destroyed Japanese fleet in the Battle of Okpo, which was the first naval battle for both co-commanders.
At the Battle of Chilchonryang, Korean navy was destroyed, and Won, who tried to escape by land, was killed by surrounding Japanese.
The battle opened the route for Japanese to advance to Yellow Sea, and Todo set up the plan to attack Hanyang from both land and sea with Kato Kiyomasa and Konishi Yukinaga.
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