OTTAWA, Oct. 3 -  The Canadian destroyer Iroquois has been hit by a communist shore battery in Korea and an officer and two seamen were listed as dead and three other seamen injured in action , the navy announced today.
It was the first naval casualty  list of the Korean war.

 The Iroquois, which joined two other Canadian destroyers in Korea—the Nootka and the Crusader—last June, was alone at the time. A shell fired by the shore battery caused slight structural damage, the navy said, but it is continuing in operations.

Capt. W. M. Landymore of Brantford, Ont, and Ottawa is the ship's commander. The enemy action was believed to have occurred several, days ago. So far, the army has reported  a total of 1,048 casualties in Korea, while the RCAF, with only a handful of pilots actually in combat flying with American jet squadrons, has reported none. Of the army casualties, 188 have been reported dead, 777 wounded, 72 injured, 10 missing and one prisoner-of-war.

The naval officer killed was Lt-Cmdr. John L. Quinn. 29 year-old veteran of North Atlantic naval duty during the Second World War. Surviving him are his widow, Grace, and a four-year-old son,  both at Halifax. Though these were the first casualties reported by the navy in Korea,  there were three deaths reported previously. One seaman was reported accidentally drowned and two others were lost overboard at sea.

The list:

KILLED IN ACTION

Quinn, John L., Lt.-Cmdr.; Mrs. Grace Quinn (wife), Armdale Post Office. Halifax.
Baikie, Elburne A., AB.; Mrs. Bertha Chalmers (mother), 44 Picton Street East, Hamilton.
Burden, Wallace M.,AB;  Mrs. Frances Burden (mother).Sault Ste.Marie, Ont.

INJURED IN ACTION

Jodoih, Edwin M., AB.; Alexander Jodoin (Father) TO.
Gaudet, Joseph; AB. Joseph Gaudet (father) Tignish, PEI.
Bergghen,Waldo.;AB.;Roland Bergghen, Newport,Hants County NS.