 Recommissioned for service in the 4th Frigate Squadron on 28 December, in January 1953 "Cardigan Bay" sailed on her fifth tour of service with the UN Task Group off Korea.On 7 April she embarked American General Maxwell D. Taylor and the Commander of the Commonwealth Naval Forces Admiral Alan Scott-Moncrieff, and sailed to Ch'o-do Island, close to the mouth of the Taedong River to carry out a shore bombardment.Shortly afterwards "Cardigan Bay" was involved in a collision with the Dutch frigate , sustaining some damage to her plating.