HMS Cossack

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HMS Cossack was a British Royal Navy destroyer best known for its daring 1940 boarding of the German tanker Altmark in Norwegian waters to free hundreds of Allied prisoners.

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HMS Cossack canonical 9

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Royal Navy destroyer ⓘ
Tribal-class destroyer ⓘ
armament 1 × quadruple 2‑pdr "pom‑pom" AA mount ⓘ
4 × twin 4.7-inch (120 mm) guns ⓘ
depth charges ⓘ
torpedo tubes ⓘ
beam 36 ft 6 in (approx. 11.1 m) ⓘ
builder Vickers-Armstrongs ⓘ
builtAt Newcastle upon Tyne ⓘ
casualties significant loss of life in 1941 sinking ⓘ
class Tribal-class destroyer (1936 design) ⓘ
commandingOfficer Captain Philip Vian ⓘ
completed 1938 ⓘ
conflict Second World War ⓘ
linked to: World War II
country United Kingdom ⓘ
date Altmark incident 16 February 1940 ⓘ
linked to: Altmark Incident

torpedo damage 23 October 1941 ⓘ
displacement approx. 1,891 tons standard ⓘ
engagement Mediterranean convoy operations ⓘ
Norwegian Campaign 1940 ⓘ
convoy escort duties in North Atlantic ⓘ
operations off Norway and in Arctic waters ⓘ
enteredService 1938 ⓘ
event Boarding of German tanker Altmark in Jøssingfjord ⓘ
fate torpedoed by German submarine U-563 ⓘ
followedBy later wartime destroyer classes of Royal Navy ⓘ
launched 1937 ⓘ
length 377 ft (approx. 115 m) ⓘ
location Altmark incident Norwegian territorial waters ⓘ
sinking off Gibraltar ⓘ
torpedoing west of Gibraltar ⓘ
maximumSpeed about 36 knots ⓘ
namedAfter Cossacks ⓘ
notableFor Altmark incident ⓘ
linked to: Altmark Incident
notableQuote "The Navy’s here" shouted by boarding party during Altmark incident ⓘ
operator Royal Navy ⓘ
pennantNumber F03 ⓘ
precededBy interwar Royal Navy destroyer classes ⓘ
propulsion 2 shafts ⓘ
steam turbines ⓘ
result Rescue of around 299 Allied prisoners from Altmark ⓘ
sank 27 October 1941 ⓘ
serviceEntry pre‑war Royal Navy rearmament period ⓘ
squadron 4th Destroyer Flotilla ⓘ
theatre Battle of the Atlantic ⓘ
Mediterranean Sea operations ⓘ
Norwegian Campaign ⓘ

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Referenced by (9)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Altmark Incident → involvedShip → HMS Cossack ⓘ
Altmark → attackedBy → HMS Cossack ⓘ
subject linked to: German tanker Altmark
HMS Sikh → sisterShip → HMS Cossack ⓘ
Philip Vian → commanded → HMS Cossack ⓘ
subject linked to: Captain Philip Vian
Operation Substance → includedShip → HMS Cossack ⓘ
Altmark → boardedBy → HMS Cossack ⓘ
Cossack → namedAfter → HMS Cossack ⓘ