Battle of Dong-Yin
1965 naval battle in the Taiwan Strait
Republic of China
People's Republic of China Ho Ten Song
Republic of China Navy
People's Liberation Army Navy3 killed
4 wounded
Estimate:
7 killed
43 wounded
2 boats damaged
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Campaigns of the Chinese Civil War
- First Phase (1927–1937)
- Autumn Harvest Uprising
- Encirclement campaigns
- Long March
- Operation Beleaguer
- Northeast China
- Liaoshen
- Huaihai
- Pingjin
- Yangtze River
- Shanghai
- Hainan
- Guningtou
- Wanshan
- Aftermath
- Xinjiang
- Kuomintang Islamic insurgency
- China–Burma border
- Cross-strait conflict
The Battle of Dong-Yin (Chinese: 東引海戰) was a naval conflict between forces of the Republic of China Navy and the People's Liberation Army Navy around Dongyin island, Fukien Province, Republic of China on 1 May 1965. Both sides subsequently claimed victory.
Overview
Around 12:40 AM on May 1, 1965, a ROCN Northern Division Dong-jiang a PC (patrol craft) on patrol northeast of Dong-Yin Island encountered a PLAN force consisting of 8 fast attack gunboats. The PLAN combatants attempted to encircle the ROCN destroyer, and the two sides exchanged fire from a distance of 500 to 1,000 yards. In the ensuing exchange, 4 PLAN gunboats were sunk, and 2 damaged.
See also
References
External links
- The naval engagement of DongYin on May 1 (in Chinese)
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