HMS Cossack (F03)
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For other ships with the same name, see HMS Cossack.
HMS Cossack was a Tribal-class destroyer named after the Cossack people of the Eurasian steppe. She became famous for the boarding of the German supply ship Altmark in Norwegian waters, and the associated rescue of sailors originally captured by the Admiral Graf Spee. She was torpedoed by the German submarine U-563 on 23 October 1941, and sank four days later.
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Cossack under way, 1938 | |
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Name | Cossack |
Namesake | Cossack |
Ordered | 10 March 1936 |
Builder | Vickers-Armstrongs, High Walker, Newcastle upon Tyne |
Cost | £341,082 |
Laid down | 9 June 1936 |
Launched | 8 June 1937 |
Completed | 10 June 1938 |
Commissioned | 14 June 1938 |
Identification | Pennant numbers: L03, F03 & G03 |
Fate | Sunk by U-563, 27 October 1941 |
General characteristics (as built) | |
Class and type | Tribal-class destroyer |
Displacement | |
Length | 377 ft (114.9 m) (o/a) |
Beam | 36 ft 6 in (11.13 m) |
Draught | 11 ft 3 in (3.43 m) |
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Propulsion | 2 × Shafts 2 × Geared steam turbines |
Speed | 36 knots (67 km/h; 41 mph) |
Range | 5,700 nmi (10,600 km; 6,600 mi) at 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph) |
Complement | 190 |
Sensors and processing systems | ASDIC |
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