Turtle ship (geobukseon)
Barco tortuga (geobukseon)
- Date
- 1592 · confidence high
- Place
- Yeosu, South Jeolla, South Korea
- Credited to
- Admiral Yi Sun-sin and Na Dae-yong
- People
- 👤 Na Dae-yong1556–1612
- Field
- Movement
⚠️ Disputed: the sources disagree.
What it is
A warship with a closed, spike-covered deck, a dragon's-head prow that spewed smoke, and cannon on every side. It broke up Japanese formations in the battles of 1592-1598.
Whether the deck carried iron plating, which would make it a proto-ironclad, is disputed; contemporary Korean sources do not mention it clearly.
What it led to
- Korean naval victories in the Imjin War
- the cutting of Japanese supply lines