Ships
Besides the turtle ship and the panokseon, the Joseon Navy used many other ships:
- Hyeopseon (Hangul: 협선) was used primarily for reconnaissance.
- Bigeodo (Hangul: 비거도) small and fast. It almost completely disappeared after the Imjin War.
- Geomseon (Hangul: 검선) evolved from the Goryeo-era gwaseon (과선; 戈船). There were iron spikes on the roof like the turtle ship, but the geomseon was smaller, and usually had a complement of about 15 people.
They also used fishing boats for reconnaissance and sometimes in battle.
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