HMS Cossack in 1945 | |
History | |
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United Kingdom | |
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.
Operational Service
Cossack became leader of the 8th Destroyer Squadron in 1945, remaining leader of the Flotilla until 1956. Between 1950 and 1952 she was commanded by Varyl Begg. She saw action at the Battle of Pusan Perimeter during the Korean War. 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. Nancy Moller was escorted back to Singapore.
Cossack supported Operation Grapple, the series of British nuclear weapons tests in 1957. On 8 December 1959 she arrived back at Devonport Dockyard after 15 years service in the Far East. The ship was scrapped in 1961.
References
- ^ "C Class Destroyers". battleships-cruisers. Retrieved 23 May 2015.
- ^ "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
- 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. 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.
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