Navy

SERVICE OF HMC SHIPS IN KOREAN WATERS

Pacific Coast Command - Departed Esquimalt

SHIP	Arrived Op Theatre	Departed Op Theatre
Athabaskan	30 July 1950 1 Sept. 1951 26 Nov. 1952	3 May 1951 21 June 1952 18 Nov. 1953
Cayuga	30 July 1950 20 July 1951 1 Jan. 1954	16 March 1951 1 June 1952 22 Nov. 1954
Crusader	21 June 1952 20 Nov. 1953	18 June 1953 15 Aug. 1954
Sioux	30 July 1950 30 April 1951 14 Dec. 1954	15 Jan. 1951 14 Feb. 1952 7 Sept 1955

Atlantic Coast Command - Departed Halifax

SHIP	Arrived Op Theatre	Departed Op Theatre
Haida	6 Nov. 1952 5 Feb. 1954	12 June 1953 12 Sept. 1954
Huron	15 March 1951 18 June 1953 1 Oct. 1954	14 Aug. 1951 5 Feb. 1954 26 Dec. 1954
Iroquois	12 June 1952 18 June 1953 22 Aug. 1954	26 Nov. 1952 1 Jan. 1954 26 Dec. 1954
Nootka	14 Jan. 1951 12 Feb. 1952	20 July 1951 9 Nov. 1952

Sioux, Cayuga, Athabaskan , Nootka
Sasebo, January 1951

Crusader
Esquimalt, B.C.

Haida in Korean waters

Huron on patrol in Korean waters

Iroquois in Far Eastern waters

On 12 July 1950 three Canadian destroyers, HMCS Cayuga, HMCS Athabaskan, and HMCS Sioux sailed for Korean waters to serve under United Nations Command. From then until the cease-fire in 1953, three Canadian warships on a rotation basis served continuously in the Korean War theatre.

The Royal Canadian Navy, along with navies of other UN Forces including the Republic of Korea, maintained blockades of enemy coasts, engaged enemy shore batteries, protected friendly islands, took part in the Inchon landing and, on the enemy East Coast had great success in "trainbusting"—the destruction of enemy supply trains.

On 27 July 1953, when hostilities ceased, 3,621 officers and men and a total of eight ships of the Royal Canadian Navy had served in Korean waters.