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HMS Cossack (1907)

December 18, 2023

For other ships with the same name, see HMS Cossack.

HMS Cossack was a Tribal-class destroyer of the Royal Navy launched in 1907 and sold in 1919.

HMS Cossack
History
United Kingdom
NameHMS Cossack
BuilderCammell Laird, Birkenhead
Laid down13 November 1905
Launched16 February 1907
CommissionedApril 1908
FateSold for scrap, December 1919
General characteristics [1]
Class and typeTribal-class destroyer
Displacement
  • 885 long tons (899 t) (normal)
  • 975 long tons (991 t) full load
Length
  • 270 ft (82.3 m) pp
  • 277 ft (84.4 m) oa
Beam26 ft (7.9 m)
Draught8 ft 7 in (2.62 m)
Propulsion
  • Steam turbines
  • 3 shafts,
  • 14,000 shp (10,000 kW)
Speed33 kn (38 mph; 61 km/h)
Range1,325 nmi (2,454 km; 1,525 mi) at 15 kn (28 km/h; 17 mph)
Complement72
Armament

Construction and design edit

HMS Cossack was one of five Tribal-class destroyers ordered as part of the 1905–06 shipbuilding programme.[2] While the Admiralty laid down the basic requirements of an oil-fuelled, steam turbine-powered ship with a speed of 33 knots (61 km/h; 38 mph), a range of 1,500 nautical miles (2,800 km; 1,700 mi) at cruising speed and an endurance of eight hours at full speed, the details of the design of individual ships was left to the builders, which meant that individual ships of the class differed significantly from each other. Cammell Laird's design was powered by steam turbines rated at 14,000 shaft horsepower (10,000 kW) fed by five boilers to drive three propeller shafts, and had three large funnels. Armament was the specified three 12 pounder (3 inch, 76 mm) 12 cwt guns[a], two side by side on the ship's forecastle and one aft, with two 18 in (450 mm) torpedo tubes.[3][4][5]

Cossack was laid down on 13 November 1905 and launched on 16 February 1907.[6] After successfully undergoing trials[7] where she reached a speed of 34.619 knots (64.114 km/h; 39.839 mph),[2] Cossack was commissioned in April 1908.[6]

Service edit

Shortly after Cossack entered service, it was decided to strengthen the armament of the first batch of Tribals by adding another two 12 pounder guns, this being done in 1909.[4][8] Cossack was considered by her Captain to be a poorer sea boat than River-class destroyers,[b] but a better gun platform.[8]

In 1909, following a re-organisation of the Royal Navy's Home and Atlantic Fleets, Cossack was part of the First Destroyer Flotilla of the Home Fleet.[10] 1910, Cossack remained part of the First Flotilla in 1910.[11] By 1913, she had joined the 4th Destroyer Flotilla,[11] based at Portsmouth.[12] In October that year, the Tribals were officially designated the F class, and as such the letter "F" was painted on Cossack's bows.[4][5] While still a part of the 4th Flotilla in January 1914,[13] but by February had transferred to the 6th Destroyer Flotilla.[14]

During the First World War she served in the North Sea and the English Channel with the 6th Destroyer Flotilla.

On 23 August 1914, Cossack was involved in a collision with her sister Tribal-class destroyer, Ghurka.[15] In October 1914, Cossack was one of a number of warships of the Dover Patrol that were deployed to help support Belgian ground forces during the Battle of the Yser, with all available ships being used to carry out shore bombardment operations. At one stage, on 20 October 1914, after the destroyer Amazon was damaged by German shellfire, Rear Admiral Horace Hood transferred his flag to Cossack.[16][17]

On the night of 26/27 October 1916, German torpedo boats of their Flanders Flotilla carried out a large scale raid into the English Channel, hoping to attack the drifters watching the anti-submarine nets of the Dover Barrage, and to sink Allied shipping in the Channel. Cossack was one of six Tribal-class destroyers waiting at readiness in Dover harbour, and when the Germans attacked the drifters and sank the supporting destroyer HMS Flirt, they were ordered to intervene. The six destroyers became separated, and while several of them encountered groups of the German torpedo boats on their return leg, with HMS Nubian being badly damaged by a German torpedo and Amazon and Mohawk sustaining lesser damage from German gunfire, Cossack did not engage the German ships.[18]

On 1 July 1917, Cossack collided with the transport SS The Duchess near Eastbourne. Cossack's depth charges exploded as a result of the collision, sinking The Duchess and blowing off Cossack's stern.[9][19][20] Cossack was towed to Dover for repair.[21]

On 16 September 1918, a fire started in one of the magazines of the newly delivered monitor HMS Glatton. In order to prevent an explosion that could affect a nearby ammunition ship, it was decided to sink Glatton. Cossack fired two torpedoes at Glatton, one of which failed to detonate, while the second failed to defeat Glatton's anti-torpedo bulge.[22][23][24] In the end, Glatton was sunk by 21 inch (533 mm) torpedoes from the destroyer HMS Myngs.[22]

Cossack was sold to the shipbreakers Thos. W. Ward on 12 December 1919 for scrapping at their Preston, Lancashire, works.[6][25]

Pennant numbers edit

Pennant number[25] Date
H09 1914
D02 September 1915
D19 January 1918

Notes edit

  1. ^ cwt stands for hundredweight, 12 cwt referring to the weight of the gun.
  2. ^ A general problem with the seakeeping of the Tribals was that their forecastle was too short, so that at high speed, the ship's bow wave would wash over the deck.[9]

Citations edit

  1. ^ Friedman 2009, p. 293
  2. ^ a b Friedman 2009, p. 108
  3. ^ Friedman 2009, pp. 106–108
  4. ^ a b c Gardiner & Gray 1985, p. 72.
  5. ^ a b Friedman 2009, p. 100
  6. ^ a b c Friedman 2009, p. 305
  7. ^ "Progress of Warships and Machinery Under Construction in England" (PDF). The Engineer. Vol. 105. 10 January 1908. p. 29.
  8. ^ a b Friedman 2009, pp. 109–110
  9. ^ a b Burt 1986, p. 22
  10. ^ "The Home and Atlantic Fleets". The Times. No. 38907. 15 March 1909. p. 9.
  11. ^ a b (PDF). Warship Histories, vol v. National Maritime Museum. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 18 December 2013.
  12. ^ Manning 1961, p. 25
  13. ^ "Fleets and Squadrons in Commission at Home and Abroad: Flotillas of the First Fleet". The Navy List. January 1914. p. 269a. Retrieved 16 May 2020 – via National Library of Scotland.
  14. ^ "Fleets and Squadrons in Commission at Home and Abroad: Patrol Flotillas". The Navy List. February 1914. p. 269d. Retrieved 16 May 2020 – via National Library of Scotland.
  15. ^ Helgason, Guðmundur (2013). "Ships hit during WWI: HMS Ghurka". u-boat.net. Retrieved 18 December 2013.
  16. ^ Corbett, Julian S. (2013) [Originally published by Longmans, Green and Co.: London, 1920]. "History of the Great War: Naval Operations Vol. I To the Battle of the Falklands December 1914 (Part 1 of 2)". Naval-History.net. Retrieved 18 December 2013.
  17. ^ Bacon 1918, pp. 611–614
  18. ^ Newbolt, Henry (2013) [Originally published by Longmans, Green and Co.: London, 1928]. "History of the Great War: Naval Operations Vol. IV June 1916 to April 1917 (Part 1 of 2)". Naval-History.net. Retrieved 19 December 2013.
  19. ^ "SS The Duchess [+1917]". www.wrecksite.eu. 6 October 2013. Retrieved 18 December 2013..
  20. ^ Everest, Ian (24 November 2007). "The War Dead. Part II: Newhaven 1917". Our Newhaven. Retrieved 18 December 2013.
  21. ^ Bacon 1918, p. 620
  22. ^ a b Gardiner & Gray 1985, p. 47
  23. ^ Brook 1999, p. 212
  24. ^ Kemp 1999, p. 79
  25. ^ a b Dittmar & Colledge 1972, p. 60–61

Bibliography edit

  • Bacon, Reginald (1918). The Dover Patrol 1915–1917. Vol. II. London: Hutchinson & Son.
  • Brook, Peter (1999). Warships for Export: Armstrong Warships 1867–1927. Gravesend, UK: World Ship Society. ISBN 0-905617-89-4.
  • Burt, R.A. (1986). Warships Illustrated No 7: British Destroyers in World War One. London: Arms & Armour Press. ISBN 0-85368-753-6.
  • 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.
  • Dittmar, F.J.; Colledge, J. J. (1972). British Warships 1914–1919. Shepperton, UK: Ian Allan. ISBN 0-7110-0380-7.
  • Friedman, Norman (2009). British Destroyers: From Earliest Days to the Second World War. Barnsley, UK: Seaforth Publishing. ISBN 978-1-84832-049-9.
  • Gardiner, Robert & Gray, Randal, eds. (1985). Conway's All The World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. London: Conway Maritime Press. ISBN 0-85177-245-5.
  • Kemp, Paul (1999). The Admiralty Regrets British Warship Losses of the 20th Century. Sutton Publishing Ltd. ISBN 0-7509-1567-6.
  • Manning, T. D. (1961). The British Destroyer. London: Putnam & Co. OCLC 6470051.
  • March, Edgar J. (1966). British Destroyers: A History of Development, 1892–1953; Drawn by Admiralty Permission From Official Records & Returns, Ships' Covers & Building Plans. London: Seeley Service. OCLC 164893555.

External links edit

  • HMS Cossack 11 March 2007 at the Wayback Machine, Index of 19th Century Naval Vessels

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For other ships with the same name see HMS Cossack HMS Cossack was a Tribal class destroyer of the Royal Navy launched in 1907 and sold in 1919 HMS CossackHistoryUnited KingdomNameHMS CossackBuilderCammell Laird BirkenheadLaid down13 November 1905Launched16 February 1907CommissionedApril 1908FateSold for scrap December 1919General characteristics 1 Class and typeTribal class destroyerDisplacement885 long tons 899 t normal 975 long tons 991 t full loadLength270 ft 82 3 m pp 277 ft 84 4 m oaBeam26 ft 7 9 m Draught8 ft 7 in 2 62 m PropulsionSteam turbines 3 shafts 14 000 shp 10 000 kW Speed33 kn 38 mph 61 km h Range1 325 nmi 2 454 km 1 525 mi at 15 kn 28 km h 17 mph Complement72Armament3 QF 12 pdr 12 cwt Mark I 2 single 18 in 450 mm torpedo tubes Contents 1 Construction and design 2 Service 3 Pennant numbers 4 Notes 5 Citations 6 Bibliography 7 External linksConstruction and design editHMS Cossack was one of five Tribal class destroyers ordered as part of the 1905 06 shipbuilding programme 2 While the Admiralty laid down the basic requirements of an oil fuelled steam turbine powered ship with a speed of 33 knots 61 km h 38 mph a range of 1 500 nautical miles 2 800 km 1 700 mi at cruising speed and an endurance of eight hours at full speed the details of the design of individual ships was left to the builders which meant that individual ships of the class differed significantly from each other Cammell Laird s design was powered by steam turbines rated at 14 000 shaft horsepower 10 000 kW fed by five boilers to drive three propeller shafts and had three large funnels Armament was the specified three 12 pounder 3 inch 76 mm 12 cwt guns a two side by side on the ship s forecastle and one aft with two 18 in 450 mm torpedo tubes 3 4 5 Cossack was laid down on 13 November 1905 and launched on 16 February 1907 6 After successfully undergoing trials 7 where she reached a speed of 34 619 knots 64 114 km h 39 839 mph 2 Cossack was commissioned in April 1908 6 Service editShortly after Cossack entered service it was decided to strengthen the armament of the first batch of Tribals by adding another two 12 pounder guns this being done in 1909 4 8 Cossack was considered by her Captain to be a poorer sea boat than River class destroyers b but a better gun platform 8 In 1909 following a re organisation of the Royal Navy s Home and Atlantic Fleets Cossack was part of the First Destroyer Flotilla of the Home Fleet 10 1910 Cossack remained part of the First Flotilla in 1910 11 By 1913 she had joined the 4th Destroyer Flotilla 11 based at Portsmouth 12 In October that year the Tribals were officially designated the F class and as such the letter F was painted on Cossack s bows 4 5 While still a part of the 4th Flotilla in January 1914 13 but by February had transferred to the 6th Destroyer Flotilla 14 During the First World War she served in the North Sea and the English Channel with the 6th Destroyer Flotilla On 23 August 1914 Cossack was involved in a collision with her sister Tribal class destroyer Ghurka 15 In October 1914 Cossack was one of a number of warships of the Dover Patrol that were deployed to help support Belgian ground forces during the Battle of the Yser with all available ships being used to carry out shore bombardment operations At one stage on 20 October 1914 after the destroyer Amazon was damaged by German shellfire Rear Admiral Horace Hood transferred his flag to Cossack 16 17 On the night of 26 27 October 1916 German torpedo boats of their Flanders Flotilla carried out a large scale raid into the English Channel hoping to attack the drifters watching the anti submarine nets of the Dover Barrage and to sink Allied shipping in the Channel Cossack was one of six Tribal class destroyers waiting at readiness in Dover harbour and when the Germans attacked the drifters and sank the supporting destroyer HMS Flirt they were ordered to intervene The six destroyers became separated and while several of them encountered groups of the German torpedo boats on their return leg with HMS Nubian being badly damaged by a German torpedo and Amazon and Mohawk sustaining lesser damage from German gunfire Cossack did not engage the German ships 18 On 1 July 1917 Cossack collided with the transport SS The Duchess near Eastbourne Cossack s depth charges exploded as a result of the collision sinking The Duchess and blowing off Cossack s stern 9 19 20 Cossack was towed to Dover for repair 21 On 16 September 1918 a fire started in one of the magazines of the newly delivered monitor HMS Glatton In order to prevent an explosion that could affect a nearby ammunition ship it was decided to sink Glatton Cossack fired two torpedoes at Glatton one of which failed to detonate while the second failed to defeat Glatton s anti torpedo bulge 22 23 24 In the end Glatton was sunk by 21 inch 533 mm torpedoes from the destroyer HMS Myngs 22 Cossack was sold to the shipbreakers Thos W Ward on 12 December 1919 for scrapping at their Preston Lancashire works 6 25 Pennant numbers editPennant number 25 DateH09 1914D02 September 1915D19 January 1918Notes edit cwt stands for hundredweight 12 cwt referring to the weight of the gun A general problem with the seakeeping of the Tribals was that their forecastle was too short so that at high speed the ship s bow wave would wash over the deck 9 Citations edit Friedman 2009 p 293 a b Friedman 2009 p 108 Friedman 2009 pp 106 108 a b c Gardiner amp Gray 1985 p 72 a b Friedman 2009 p 100 a b c Friedman 2009 p 305 Progress of Warships and Machinery Under Construction in England PDF The Engineer Vol 105 10 January 1908 p 29 a b Friedman 2009 pp 109 110 a b Burt 1986 p 22 The Home and Atlantic Fleets The Times No 38907 15 March 1909 p 9 a b NMM vessel ID 382853 PDF Warship Histories vol v National Maritime Museum Archived from the original PDF on 24 September 2015 Retrieved 18 December 2013 Manning 1961 p 25 Fleets and Squadrons in Commission at Home and Abroad Flotillas of the First Fleet The Navy List January 1914 p 269a Retrieved 16 May 2020 via National Library of Scotland Fleets and Squadrons in Commission at Home and Abroad Patrol Flotillas The Navy List February 1914 p 269d Retrieved 16 May 2020 via National Library of Scotland Helgason Gudmundur 2013 Ships hit during WWI HMS Ghurka u boat net Retrieved 18 December 2013 Corbett Julian S 2013 Originally published by Longmans Green and Co London 1920 History of the Great War Naval Operations Vol I To the Battle of the Falklands December 1914 Part 1 of 2 Naval History net Retrieved 18 December 2013 Bacon 1918 pp 611 614 Newbolt Henry 2013 Originally published by Longmans Green and Co London 1928 History of the Great War Naval Operations Vol IV June 1916 to April 1917 Part 1 of 2 Naval History net Retrieved 19 December 2013 SS The Duchess 1917 www wrecksite eu 6 October 2013 Retrieved 18 December 2013 Everest Ian 24 November 2007 The War Dead Part II Newhaven 1917 Our Newhaven Retrieved 18 December 2013 Bacon 1918 p 620 a b Gardiner amp Gray 1985 p 47 Brook 1999 p 212 Kemp 1999 p 79 a b Dittmar amp Colledge 1972 p 60 61Bibliography editBacon Reginald 1918 The Dover Patrol 1915 1917 Vol II London Hutchinson amp Son Brook Peter 1999 Warships for Export Armstrong Warships 1867 1927 Gravesend UK World Ship Society ISBN 0 905617 89 4 Burt R A 1986 Warships Illustrated No 7 British Destroyers in World War One London Arms amp Armour Press ISBN 0 85368 753 6 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 Dittmar F J Colledge J J 1972 British Warships 1914 1919 Shepperton UK Ian Allan ISBN 0 7110 0380 7 Friedman Norman 2009 British Destroyers From Earliest Days to the Second World War Barnsley UK Seaforth Publishing ISBN 978 1 84832 049 9 Gardiner Robert amp Gray Randal eds 1985 Conway s All The World s Fighting Ships 1906 1921 London Conway Maritime Press ISBN 0 85177 245 5 Kemp Paul 1999 The Admiralty Regrets British Warship Losses of the 20th Century Sutton Publishing Ltd ISBN 0 7509 1567 6 Manning T D 1961 The British Destroyer London Putnam amp Co OCLC 6470051 March Edgar J 1966 British Destroyers A History of Development 1892 1953 Drawn by Admiralty Permission From Official Records amp Returns Ships Covers amp Building Plans London Seeley Service OCLC 164893555 External links editHMS Cossack Archived 11 March 2007 at the Wayback Machine Index of 19th Century Naval Vessels Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title HMS Cossack 1907 amp oldid 1129138342, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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