 HMS Cossack in 1945 | |
| Career (United Kingdom) |  |
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| Name: | HMS Cossack |
| Builder: | Vickers-Armstrongs, High Walker |
| Launched: | 10 May 1944 |
| Identification: | Pennant number: R57 |
| Fate: | Scrapped on 1 March 1961 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type: | C-class destroyer |
| Displacement: |
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| Length: | 362.75 ft (110.57 m) o/a |
| Beam: | 35.75 ft (10.90 m) |
| Draught: | 11.75 ft (3.58 m) |
| Propulsion: |
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| Speed: | 36 knots (67 km/h) / 32 knots (59 km/h) full |
| Range: |
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| Complement: | 186 |
| Sensors and processing systems: | Radar Type 275 fire control on director Mk.VI |
| Armament: |
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HMS Cossack was a Royal Navy C-class destroyer launched on 10 May 1944.[1]
Operational Service[]
Cossack became leader of the 8th Destroyer Squadron in 1945, remaining leader of the Flotilla until 1956.[2] Between 1950 and 1952 she was commanded by Varyl Begg.[3] She saw action at the Battle of Pusan Perimeter during the Korean War.[4] On 18 May 1951, Cossack intercepted the cargo ship Nancy Moller off Hainan, China. The ship was carrying a cargo of rubber bound for a Chinese port in contravention of a United Nations embargo.[5][6] Nancy Moller was escorted back to Singapore.[7]
Cossack supported Operation Grapple, the series of British nuclear weapons tests in 1957.[2] On 8 December 1959 she arrived back at Devonport Dockyard after 15 years service in the Far East.[2][8] The ship was scrapped in 1961.[1]
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "C Class Destroyers". battleships-cruisers. http://www.battleships-cruisers.co.uk/c_class.htm.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 "Cossack Home: Fifteen years in Far East". January 1960. p. 3. https://issuu.com/navynews/docs/196001.
- ↑ Royal Navy Senior Appointments, Colin Mackie
- ↑ Marolda 2007, p. 20
- ↑ "Rubber Cargo Seized". 19 May 1951. p. 6.
- ↑ "International: What the Embargo Means". http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,890055,00.html.
- ↑ "The Nancy Moller at Singapore". 24 May 1951. p. 4.
- ↑ Critchley 1982, p. 100
Publications[]
- Colledge, J. J.; Warlow, Ben (2006). Ships of the Royal Navy: The Complete Record of all Fighting Ships of the Royal Navy (Rev. ed.). London: Chatham Publishing. ISBN 978-1-86176-281-8.
- Critchley, Mike (1982). British Warships Since 1945. Part 3: Destroyers. Liskeard, UK: Maritime Books. ISBN 0-9506323-9-2.
- Marolda, Edward (2007). The US Navy in the Korean War. Naval Institute Press. ISBN 978-1-59114-487-8.
- Marriott, Leo (1989). Royal Navy Destroyers Since 1945. Ian Allan Ltd. ISBN 0-7110-1817-0. https://archive.org/details/royalnavydestroy0000marr.
- Raven, Alan; Roberts, John (1978). War Built Destroyers O to Z Classes. London: Bivouac Books. ISBN 0-85680-010-4.
- Whitley, M. J. (1988). Destroyers of World War 2. Annapolis, MD: Naval Institute Press. ISBN 0-87021-326-1.
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