How many naval Spitfire variants flew in the Korean War?

In the Korean War the naval Spitfire that saw combat was the Seafire F Mk.47: 800 Naval Air Squadron flew it embarked aboard the Colossus-class carrier HMS Triumph. On 25 June, a day after Triumph completed a visit to Japan, North Korea invaded South Korea. The war's first combat mission came on 3 July, with twelve Seafire Mk.47s and nine Firefly FR.1s attacking a North Korean base.

Because of their short range, the Seafires were frequently assigned combat air patrol over the fleet. During Operation Chromite, the Inchon landings of September 1950, they flew armed reconnaissance missions. Between July and September 1950 the type was devoted to ground attack and combat air patrol, until HMS Triumph was relieved by HMS Theseus, racking up 360 operational sorties. One aircraft was shot down by friendly fire from a Boeing B-29 Superfortress, and another was lost when its arrester hook failed to deploy. Over the whole conflict the squadron accumulated 245 combat air patrols and 115 attack missions against ground and naval targets, without losses to enemy fire. By the end of that month 800 Naval Air Squadron had only three serviceable aircraft.

Accumulated fatigue damage to the airframes marked the end of the Seafire's operational life. In November 1950 HMS Triumph returned to Britain and No. 800 Squadron was disbanded, closing out the type's frontline career.