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Naval Battle of Dongyin Island

Part of the Chinese Civil War

Date	May 1, 1965
Location	Dongyin Island, Fukien, China
Result	Both sides claimed victory

Belligerents

Republic of China

People's Republic of China

Commanders

Ho Ten Song

Unknown

Strength

1 destroyer

8 gunboats

Casualties and losses

Official Claim:
3 killed
4 wounded
Estimate:
7 killed
43 wounded

4 boats sunk
2 boats damaged

Chinese Civil War

Major engagements in bold
Encirclement Campaigns (First - Second - Third - Fourth - Fifth) - Long March (Luding Bridge) - Intermission (Wannan) - Shangdang Campaign - Longhai Campaign - Dingtao Campaign - Zhengtai Campaign - Liaoshen Campaign (Changchun - Jinzhou) - Huaihai Campaign - Pingjin Campaign - Island campaigns (Quemoy - Denbu - Tianquan (Dongshan) - Nan'ao - Hainan Island - Dongshan - Wanshan - Nanpeng - Nanri - Nanpeng - Dalushan - Dongshan - Yijiangshan - Dachen - Dong-Yin)

The Battle of Dong-Yin (東引海戰) was a naval conflict between forces of the Republic of China Navy and the People's Liberation Army Navy around the Dongyin island, Fukien Province, Republic of China on May 1, 1965. Both sides subsequently claimed victory.

Overview

Around 040 hours on May 1, 1965, an ROCN Northern Division Dong-jiang class destroyer 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 - 1000 yards. In the ensuing exchange, 4 PLAN gunboats were sunk, and 2 damaged.