Talk:Ironclad warship
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The Korean "turtle ships" actually precede the 16th century and Admiral Yi, as there are records of such boats during the reign of King Taejong of Joseon (early 15th century)... And they were definitely not true ironclad warships. Their tremendous effectiveness came from their lightness, speed, and manoeuvrability. Weighing the ships down with thick iron plates would have hindered that. I don't know how the myth that the turtle ships were ironclads started--perhaps it was an analogy with the shells of real turtles--but this mistake seems to persist. --Iceager
I have no knowledge of naval architecture, but I found an interesting article: [1] (http://www.chosun.com/w21data/html/news/200404/200404270322.html) (The Japanese version (http://japanese.chosun.com/site/data/html_dir/2004/04/27/20040427000049.html) is more detailed.) The fact is that Korean scholars don't yet succeed in reconstructing "high-speed" "stable" turle ships. --Nanshu
Do you know what's so funny, Nanshu? It's the fact that you and other Japanese editors on Wikipedia try to degrade Koreans in any way you can. Do you enjoy mocking Korean scholars and historians? Cause your country's so called "historians" are way more stupid than their Korean counterparts. At least Koreans look at records, while Japanese scholars argue using pure nationalism. And by the way, Iceager, there are records in the Chungmugong Junseo and the Nanjung Yilgi that turtle ships made by Yi Sun-shin were actually covered with iron plates and spikes. The records cited above were made during and after the war (the Nanjung Yilgi was the journal used by Yi Sun-shin, while the Chungmugong Junseo was a royal record of Yi Sun-shin's achievements). --Leonhart