HMAS SYDNEY, (aircraft carrier), flew sorties in bad flying conditions to cover convoys supplying UN ground forces at Inchow, Korea. ...
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Australian Naval History on 13 December 1951
A Sea Fury from HMAS Sydney was shot down to the westward of Pyong-Gang and in the afternoon a second Sea Fury was shot down off Ongjin. Both pilots were ...
Australian Naval History on 7 December 1951
HMAS SYDNEY, (aircraft carrier), suffered her second pilot loss when SBLT R. R. Sinclair was killed. His Sea Fury was hit by flak north-west of Chinnampo, and he bailed out, ...
Australian Naval History on 4 December 1951
HMAS AUSTRALIA, (cruiser), and the merchant ship SOMERSET, collided off Garden Island, Sydney. Damage to both vessels was slight. ...
Australian Naval History on 20 November 1951
HMAS SYDNEY, (aircraft carrier), launched the first of 10 air strikes against barracks and industrial plants at Hungnam, Korea. ...
Australian Naval History on 18 November 1951
The Battle class destroyer HMAS TOBRUK, (CMDR Richard I. Peek, RAN), destroyed a complete Communist freight train between Songjin and Chongjin, Korea. ...
Australian Naval History on 17 November 1951
The destroyer HMAS Tobruk (I) was in action off the east coast of Korea, engaging and destroying a North Korea supply train as it attempted to get past Tobruk’s patrol ...
Australian Naval History on 13 November 1951
Aircraft from HMAS Sydney (III) were in action spotting the fall of shot for the US Navy battleship USS New Jersey. Sydney completed her third patrol on this day, her ...
Australian Naval History on 5 November 1951
LEUT K. E. Clarkson, DFM, RAN, was killed in action when his aircraft failed to pull out of dive during an attack on North Korean transports. His death was the ...
Australian Naval History on 26 October 1951
Firefly fighter bombers from HMAS SYDNEY, (aircraft carrier), attacked railway tunnels on the west coast of Korea. One aircraft was lost in the operation, and crashed close to Communist positions. ...
Australian Naval History on 25 October 1951
A Sea Fury piloted by LEUT C. M. Wheatley, RAN, (from HMAS SYDNEY, aircraft carrier), was hit by flak, and crashed into the sea of Chinnampo, South Korea. Wheatley was ...
Australian Naval History on 18 October 1951
Air strikes from HMAS SYDNEY, (aircraft carrier), sank a flotilla of North Korean supply junks in the Yalu estuary, Korea. ...
Australian Naval History on 14 October 1951
HMAS SYDNEY, (aircraft carrier), suffered damage in Typhoon Ruth off Sasebo, Japan. Six aircraft lashed to the flight deck were lost, and the ship sustained damage to sponsons and fittings. ...
Australian Naval History on 12 October 1951
Twelve Sea Fury fighter bombers from HMAS SYDNEY, (aircraft carrier), attacked 1000 North Korean troops advancing in the open. ...
Australian Naval History on 11 October 1951
HMAS SYDNEY, (aircraft carrier), created a record for a light fleet carrier by flying 89 sorties in one day. SYDNEY was operating against Communist store dumps at Kojo, Korea. ...
Australian Naval History on 4 October 1951
HMAS SYDNEY, (aircraft carrier), commenced her first patrol in the Korean War. ...
Australian Naval History on 3 October 1951
HMAS Tobruk began active operational duty in the Korean theatre when she reported for duty on the screen of Commander Task Element 95.11 (USS Rendova) with HMC Ships Athabaskan and ...
Australian Naval History on 30 September 1951
The frigate HMAS MURCHISON, (LCDR A. N. Dollard, RAN), engaged North Korean guns and small arms in a close-range encounter on the Han River, Korea. MURCHISON suffered three wounded. For ...
Australian Naval History on 28 September 1951
The frigate HMAS MURCHISON, (LCDR A. N. Dollard, RAN), penetrated the Han River, Korea, and came under heavy Communist gunfire. MURCHISON withdrew after suffering light damage. HMAS Labuan paid off ...
Australian Naval History on 12 September 1951
HMAS Anzac (II) proceeded to Wonsan, eastern Korea, where she assumed the duties of Commander Task Element 95.22, the other vessels of the group being US Ships Thompson and Naifeh. ...
Australian Naval History on 6 September 1951
HMAS ANZAC, (Battle class destroyer), fired her guns in war for the first time when she engaged enemy targets at Haelu, in western Korea. ...
Australian Naval History on 31 August 1951
HMAS Sydney with HMAS Tobruk in company as her escort departed Sydney for Korea and arrived in Japan on 19 September 1951. Squadrons embarked were 805 (Sea Furies), 808 (Sea ...
Australian Naval History on 16 August 1951
The tug HMAS EMU (LCDR J. Toulouse, RANVR), ferried ashore 575 troops from the New Zealand ship WAHINE, wrecked on Masela Island, near Darwin, NT. ...
Australian Naval History on 1 August 1951
HMAS BATAAN, (Battle class destroyer), fought a gun duel with enemy batteries on the west coast of Korea. ...
Australian Naval History on 24 July 1951
HMAS Murchison was in action off the coast of Korea, destroying Chinese vehicles while on a coastal patrol. Murchison remained on patrol until 4 August bombarding shore installations, troop concentrations, ...