HMS Cossack (R57) explained

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

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.^[2] She saw action at the Battle of Pusan Perimeter during the Korean War. On 18 May 1951, Cossack intercepted the cargo ship 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]

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.^[6] The ship was scrapped in 1961.^[1]

Publications

• • Book: Critchley, Mike . British Warships Since 1945 . Part 3: Destroyers . Maritime Books . Liskeard, UK . 1982 . 0-9506323-9-2 .
• Book: Marolda, Edward . 2007 . The US Navy in the Korean War . Naval Institute Press . 978-1-59114-487-8.
• Book: Marriott, Leo . Royal Navy Destroyers Since 1945 . Ian Allan Ltd . 1989 . 0-7110-1817-0 . registration .
• Book: Raven . Alan . Roberts . John . 1978 . War Built Destroyers O to Z Classes . London . Bivouac Books . 0-85680-010-4.
• Book: Whitley, M. J. . 1988 . Destroyers of World War 2 . Annapolis, MD . Naval Institute Press . 0-87021-326-1.

Notes and References

1. Web site: C Class Destroyers. battleships-cruisers . 23 May 2015.
2. Royal Navy Senior Appointments, Colin Mackie
3. Rubber Cargo Seized . 19 May 1951 . 6 . 52005 . C .
4. International: What the Embargo Means . Time . Monday, 28 May 1951 . https://web.archive.org/web/20101123165626/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,890055,00.html. dead. 23 November 2010.
5. The Nancy Moller at Singapore . 24 May 1951 . 4 . 52009 . A .
6. News: Cossack Home: Fifteen years in Far East. Navy News. January 1960. 3. 20 September 2018.