![]() ![]() Korea is a peninsula surrounded on three sides by water, so the navy had an opportunity to support the UN forces in several different ways. Five other tribal class destroyers, HMCS Crusader, Huron, Iroquois, Nootka, and Haida, served with the “Canadian Destroyer Division, Far East” as part of the United Nations (UN) fleet halfway around the world in the waters off Korea during the war. They arrived in the theatre of operations later that summer, ready to take part in the battle for the Pusan bridgehead in Korea. ![]() The first Canadian military response was made by the RCN less than two weeks after the outbreak of hostilities when three destroyers, HMCS Cayuga, Athabaskan and Sioux set sail for the Far East. The Korean War erupted on Jwhen North Korea invaded South Korea. The end of the Second World War would not be the end of the Canadian Navy’s service far from home in the cause of peace and freedom. ![]()
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