Port Hamilton Incident

19th century foreign interventions in Korea

The Port Hamilton Incident or the Geomun Island Incident was the occupation of the Port Hamilton (also Komundo or Geomundo) by the Royal Navy from 15 April 1885 to 27 February 1887.[1]

The British Royal Navy occupied Port Hamilton on the south coast of the Korean Peninsula to counterbalance the Russian acquisition of Port Lazaref in what is now North Korea.[2][3]

References

  1. ^ The Russo-Japanese war in global perspective: World War Zero. Brill Academic Pub. p. 448. ISBN 9004142843. http://books.google.com/books?id=xlg0lM8f9Y4C&pg=PA448&dq=%22Port+Hamilton+Incident%22&hl=en#v=onepage&q=%22Port%20Hamilton%20Incident%22&f=false. 
  2. ^ Neilson, Keith. Britain and the last tsar: British policy and Russia, 1894-1917. Oxford University Press. p. 117. ISBN 0198204701. http://books.google.com/books?id=O1_yRR6jtsgC&pg=PA117&dq=Port+Hamilton&hl=en#v=onepage&q=Port%20Hamilton&f=false. 
  3. ^ Pak, Chi-Young. The Korean straits. Springer. p. 53. ISBN 9024737249. http://books.google.com/books?id=tP8gDMZRzZAC&pg=PA53&dq=%22Port+Hamilton+Incident%22&hl=en#v=onepage&q=%22Port%20Hamilton%20Incident%22&f=false. 

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