Twelve Sea Fury fighter bombers from HMAS SYDNEY, (aircraft carrier), attacked 1000 North Korean troops advancing in the open. ...
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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. ...