Battle of Pungdo

When

25 Jul 1894

Kind

Battle

Coordinates

37.10° N, 126.58° E

Description

1894 battle

1894 naval battle between China and Japan

The Battle of Pungdo was the first naval battle of the First Sino-Japanese War. It took place on 25 July 1894 off Asan, Chungcheongnam-do, Korea, between cruisers of the Imperial Japanese Navy and components of the Chinese Beiyang Fleet. Both China and Japan had been intervening in Korea against the Donghak Peasant Revolution.

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• First Sino-Japanese25 Jul 1894 · Interstate war · Deaths 15,000