- For other ships of the same name, see HMS Cossack.
HMS Cossack (1907) 
HMS CossackCareer (UK) 
Name: HMS Cossack Builder: Cammell-Laird Launched: 16 February 1907 Fate: Sold for scrap, 1919 General characteristics Class & type: Tribal-class destroyer Length: 255 ft (78 m) Beam: 25 ft 6 in (7.77 m) Draught: 8 ft 6 in (2.59 m) Speed: 33 kn (38 mph; 61 km/h) HMS Cossack was a Tribal class destroyer of the Royal Navy launched in 1907 and sold in 1919.
During the First World War she served in the North Sea and the English Channel with the 6th Destroyer Flotilla. The ship fired two torpedoes as part of the scuttling of HMS Glatton.[1] However they failed to sink the vessel:
Since it was only a matter of time before the fire reached the after magazine, Keyes ordered the destroyer Cossack to sink Glatton with a torpedo. However, two torpedoes from the Cossack were not sufficient to defeat Glatton's extensive anti-torpedo protection...
—Kemp, Paul, The Admiralty Regrets British Warship Losses of the 20th Century,p. 79References[]
- ↑ Kemp, Paul (1999). The Admiralty Regrets British Warship Losses of the 20th Century. Sutton Publishing Ltd. pp. p79. ISBN 0-7509-1567-6.
External links[]
- HMS Cossack, Index of 19th Century Naval Vessels
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