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In 1950, Triumph was on a cruise to Japan as part of the Far East Fleet.She was nearing Hong Kong when news reached Triumph and her accompanying ships of war breaking out in the Korean peninsula, forcing Triumph into a state of alert, including fully armed aircraft on deck.
English: Inchon Invasion, September 1950: A LSMR fires rockets as LVTs cross the line of departure to take U.S. Marines to "Blue Beach" on the first day of landings, 15 September 1950.
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After the war, the "1st Aircraft Carrier Squadron, Far East Fleet" consisting of the carriers Triumph and Unicorn, with the cruiser Belfast as flagship, was en route to Hong Kong from Japan when the Korean War broke out and was sent back to Japan.
On 7 December 1949, he became captain of the aircraft carrier HMS Triumph, which saw active service in the early months of the Korean War, including supporting Operation Chromite, the American landings at Incheon. [11] Torlesse was mentioned in despatches on 30 January 1951, [12] and was made an Officer of the American Legion of Merit on 13 ...
HMS Triumph (1623) was a 44-gun ship launched in 1623 and broken up in 1687. HMS Triumph (1698) was a 90-gun second-rate ship of the line launched in 1698. She was renamed HMS Prince in 1714, rebuilt in 1750 and broken up in 1773. HMS Triumph (1739) was an 18-gun sloop, formerly the Spanish San Cristóbal (1735), (alias Triunfo). She was ...
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In 1950, HMS Triumph started a tour of the Far East, embarking 800 Naval Air Squadron with Seafire 47s along with 827 Naval Air Squadron equipped with the Fairey Firefly following the outbreak of the Korean War, HMS Triumph was diverted to operations to try to stem the North Korean offensive, Seafires were engaged in performing ground attack ...