Daecheong incident | |||||||
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Part of the Korean Conflict | |||||||
Daecheong Island (numbered 2) | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
North Korea | South Korea | ||||||
Strength | |||||||
1 gunboat |
1 frigate 4 patrol boats | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
1 gunboat moderately damaged 8 wounded | 1 patrol boat slightly damaged (with 15 bullet marks) |
The Daecheong incident, also known as the Battle of Daecheong,[2] was a skirmish between the South Korean and North Korean navies near the Northern Limit Line (NLL) on 10 November 2009 off Daecheong Island.