| Places | |
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| Accession Number | ART40022 |
| Collection type | Art |
| Measurement | sheet: 33 x 43.2 cm; image: 27.6 x 38.2 cm |
| Object type | Work on paper |
| Physical description | watercolour, carbon pencil, pen and black ink on grey paper |
| Maker |
Norton, Frank |
| Place made | At sea |
| Date made | 1952 |
| Conflict |
Korea, 1950-1953 |
| Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain
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Off Sok-to from Warramunga
Description
View from the bridge of HMAS Warramunga looking towards Sok-to Island with four ships of the in middle distance: Royal Navy frigate HMS Mount's Bay (F627), USS Landing Ship Medium Rocket 401 (LSMR401) and American destroyer USS Kimberley. The artist has drawn the view looking down onto the ship's compass platform with the Captain and other personnel surveying the scene through binoculars.
From 29th June to 9th July HMAS Warramunga (I) joined the Chodo-Sokto Unit (TU 95.12.1) code named CIGARRET (patrol area from Sokto to Choppeki Point) in the defence of the islands of Sokto and Chodo. Official war artist Frank Norton described the operations in a letter to the Memorial's Director '"Warramunga's patrol was very quiet as far as action - the group of ships were anti invasion force - protecting some islands off the North Korean Coast - patrolling between islands and mainland (a matter of a few miles) at night - firing star shells and checking any junks that might attempt to pass from one to the other...During the day period the groups of ships, British, American, Australian and Korean, lay at ancor just off the coast.'