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Naval Battle of the Han River (1951) : ウィキペディア英語版 | Naval Battle of the Han River (1951)
The Naval Battle of the Han River (28–30 September 1951) was fought during the Korean War. The main fighting occurred after an Australian frigate was attacked by communist Chinese forces while transiting the Han River in Korea. Up until that time United Nations (UN) warships had operated on the river with only limited Chinese resistance. Following the engagement UN naval forces continued to operate on the Han, although riverine operations were suspended two months later. Four Australians were wounded during the engagement, while Chinese casualties have been estimated at around 40 killed and several guns destroyed. ==Prelude== Starting in July, a number of small UN warships—including the British Royal Navy frigate , the South Korean frigate ''PF62'' and the Royal Australian Navy frigate —began operating in the Han River, north-west of the South Korean capital, Seoul. The UN warships were able to penetrate inland from the Yellow Sea to a wide anchorage at the confluence of a number of narrow channels which were still navigable at high tide. From this point many important Chinese targets on the north bank of the Han were engaged with naval gunfire.〔Coulthard-Clark 2001, p. 265.〕 The frigates had been selected for this task as they combined a shallow draft with adequate firepower and range.〔Odgers 2000, p. 96.〕 For the first two months Chinese opposition to UN naval operations on the Han was limited to sniping and small arms fire from the riverbank, and occasional fire from 75 mm field-guns which were quickly withdrawn from range.〔 This resistance proved little more than a nuisance to UN operations. Indeed, despite requiring careful navigation, and the constant risk of grounding amidst the numerous sand and mud banks, for a number of weeks the UN ships were able to move along the narrow channels to bombard targets from positions close inshore, enabling them to dominate the Han by both day and night.〔Odgers 2000, p. 97.〕
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