HMS Cossack (R57)

For other ships of the same name, see HMS Cossack.
HMS Cossack in 1945
Career (UK)
Class and type: C-class destroyer
Name: HMS Cossack
Builder: Vickers-Armstrong
Launched: 10 May 1944
Identification: Pennant number: R57
Fate: Scrapped on 1 March 1961
General characteristics
Class and type:C-class destroyer
Displacement:1,885 tons (1,915 tonnes)
2,545 tons full (2,585 tonnes)
Length:362.75 ft (110.57 m) o/a
Beam:35.75 ft (10.90 m)
Draught:11.75 ft (3.58 m)
Propulsion:2 Admiralty 3-drum boilers,
Parsons single-reduction geared steam turbines,
40,000 shp (29.8 MW), 2 shafts
Speed:36 knots (67 km/h) / 32 knots (59 km/h) full
Range:4,675 nmi (8,658 km) at 20 knots (37 km/h)
1,400 nmi (2,600 km) at 32 knots (59 km/h)
Complement:186
Sensors and
processing systems:		Radar Type 275 fire control on director Mk.VI
Armament:
  • 4 x QF 4.5 in L/45 guns Mark IV on mounts CP Mk.V
  • 2 x Bofors 40 mm L/60 guns on twin mount "Hazemeyer" Mk.IV
  • 4 x anti-aircraft mountings;
    • Single Bofors 40 mm Mk.III
    • Single QF 2 - pdr Mk.VIII Mk.XVI
    • Single Oerlikon 20 mm P Mk.III
    • Twin Oerlikon 20 mm Mk.V
  • 8 (2x4) tubes for 21-inch (530 mm) torpedoes Mk.IX
  • 4 throwers and 2 racks for 96 depth charges

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 and during that time saw action at the Battle of Pusan Perimeter during the Korean War.[2] On 18 May 1951, Cossack intercepted 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.[3][4] Nancy Moller was escorted back to Singapore.[5]

In December 1959 she arrived back at Devonport Dockyard after 14 years service in the Far East.[6] The ship was scrapped in 1961.[1]

Commanding officers

[7]

FromToCaptain
19491950Captain Richard T White RN
19501952Captain Varyl Begg RN
19521953Captain Walter A Adair RN
19541955Captain Lionel W L Argles RN
19551956Captain Edmund T Larken RN

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "The C Class". battleships-cruisers.
  2. ↑ Marolda, p. 20
  3. ↑ "Rubber Cargo Seized" The Times (London). Saturday, 19 May 1951. (52005), col C, p. 6.
  4. ↑ "International: What the Embargo Means". Time (Monday, 28 May 1951).
  5. ↑ "The Nancy Moller at Singapore" The Times (London). Thursday, 24 May 1951. (52009), col A, p. 4.
  6. ↑ Critchley, Mike, "British Warships Since 1945: Part 3: Destroyers", Maritime Books: Liskeard, UK, 1982. ISBN 0-9506323-9-2, page 100
  7. ↑ Royal Navy Senior Appointments, Colin Mackie

Publications

  • 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. OCLC 67375475.
  • Marolda, Edward (2007), The US Navy in the Korean War, Naval Institute Press, ISBN 978-1-59114-487-8
  • Marriot, Leo, 1983. Royal Navy Frigates 1945-1983, Ian Allen Ltd. ISBN 07110 1322 5
  • 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, Maryland: Naval Institute Press. ISBN 0-87021-326-1.