HMS Cossack (F03)

Cossack under way, 1938
History
United Kingdom
NameCossack
NamesakeCossack
Ordered10 March 1936
BuilderVickers-Armstrongs, High Walker, Newcastle upon Tyne
Cost£341,082
Laid down9 June 1936
Launched8 June 1937
Completed10 June 1938
Commissioned14 June 1938
IdentificationPennant numbers: L03, F03 & G03
FateSunk by U-563, 27 October 1941
General characteristics (as built)
Class and typeTribal-class destroyer
Displacement
Length377 ft (114.9 m) (o/a)
Beam36 ft 6 in (11.13 m)
Draught11 ft 3 in (3.43 m)
Installed power
Propulsion2 × Shafts 2 × Geared steam turbines
Speed36 knots (67 km/h; 41 mph)
Range5,700 nmi (10,600 km; 6,600 mi) at 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph)
Complement190
Sensors and
processing systems
ASDIC
Armament

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.