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HMS Cossack (R57)

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HMS Cossack in 1945
History
United Kingdom
NameHMS Cossack
BuilderVickers-Armstrongs, High Walker
Launched10 May 1944
IdentificationPennant number: R57
FateScrapped on 1 March 1961
General characteristics
Class and typeC-class destroyer
Displacement
  • 1,885 tons (1,915 tonnes)
  • 2,545 tons full (2,585 tonnes)
Length362.75 ft (110.57 m) o/a
Beam35.75 ft (10.90 m)
Draught11.75 ft (3.58 m)
Propulsion
  • 2 Admiralty 3-drum boilers,
  • Parsons single-reduction geared steam turbines,
  • 40,000 shp (30 MW), 2 shafts
Speed36 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)
Complement186
Sensors and
processing systems
Radar Type 275 fire control on director Mk.VI
Armament

HMS Cossack was a Royal Navy C-class destroyer launched on 10 May 1944.[1]

Operational Service

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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

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  1. ^ a b "C Class Destroyers". battleships-cruisers. Retrieved 23 May 2015.
  2. ^ a b c "Cossack Home: Fifteen years in Far East". Navy News. January 1960. p. 3. Retrieved 20 September 2018.
  3. ^ Royal Navy Senior Appointments, Colin Mackie
  4. ^ Marolda 2007, p. 20
  5. ^ "Rubber Cargo Seized". The Times. No. 52005. London. 19 May 1951. col C, p. 6.
  6. ^ "International: What the Embargo Means". Time. No. Monday, 28 May 1951. Archived from the original on 23 November 2010.
  7. ^ "The Nancy Moller at Singapore". The Times. No. 52009. London. 24 May 1951. col A, p. 4.
  8. ^ Critchley 1982, p. 100

Publications

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