HMS Cossack (R57)
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History | |
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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 and 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
[edit]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
[edit]- ^ a b "C Class Destroyers". battleships-cruisers. Retrieved 23 May 2015.
- ^ a b c "Cossack Home: Fifteen years in Far East". Navy News. January 1960. p. 3. Retrieved 20 September 2018.
- ^ Royal Navy Senior Appointments, Colin Mackie
- ^ Marolda 2007, p. 20
- ^ "Rubber Cargo Seized". The Times. No. 52005. London. 19 May 1951. col C, p. 6.
- ^ "International: What the Embargo Means". Time. No. Monday, 28 May 1951. Archived from the original on 23 November 2010.
- ^ "The Nancy Moller at Singapore". The Times. No. 52009. London. 24 May 1951. col A, p. 4.
- ^ Critchley 1982, p. 100
Publications
[edit]- Colledge, J. J.; Warlow, Ben (2006) [1969]. 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. Vol. 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.
- 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.