HMS_Cossack_(R57)

HMS <i>Cossack</i> (R57)

HMS Cossack (R57)

C-class destroyer

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

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

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Operational Service

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

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

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