HMS Cossack

GPTKB entity

Statements (112)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instance_of gptkb:Royal_Navy
gptkbp:aircraft_operated 1 helicopter
gptkbp:armament 4 × 4.5 in guns
4 × 21 in torpedo tubes
4.5 inch guns
8 × 2-pdr pom-pom guns
gptkbp:awards Battle Honours
gptkbp:builder gptkb:Cammell_Laird
gptkbp:captain gptkb:Captain_Philip_Vian
gptkbp:class gptkb:C-class_destroyer
gptkbp:commissioned gptkb:1944
1945
gptkbp:complement 190 crew members
gptkbp:crew_capacity 250
gptkbp:decommissioned gptkb:1944
gptkb:1972
gptkbp:deployment gptkb:1971
gptkb:Mediterranean_Sea
North Atlantic
Far East
gptkbp:displacement 2,500 tons
1,750 tons
gptkbp:engaged_in air defense
anti-submarine warfare
naval combat
surface action
gptkbp:engine_type Geared turbine
gptkbp:fate scrapped
sunk in 1944
gptkbp:has_museum HMS Cossack Museum
gptkbp:historical_significance First ship to sink a U-boat in WWII
gptkbp:home_port gptkb:Portsmouth
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label HMS Cossack
gptkbp:is_rescued_by survivors from U-boat attacks
survivors from Altmark
gptkbp:launched gptkb:1944
gptkbp:length 113.4 meters
362 ft
gptkbp:name gptkb:HMS_Cossack
gptkbp:nickname gptkb:The_Fighting_Cossack
gptkbp:notable_event gptkb:Operation_Musketeer
Participation in the Korean War
Rescue of survivors from the sinking of the SS Khedive Ismail
boarding of the Altmark
gptkbp:operated_by gptkb:Royal_Navy
gptkbp:operated_with gptkb:Royal_Navy
gptkbp:participated_in gptkb:Norwegian_Campaign
gptkb:Operation_Overlord
gptkb:Operation_Zipper
gptkb:Operation_Pedestal
gptkb:Operation_Torch
gptkb:Battle_of_the_Atlantic
gptkbp:propulsion 2 shafts
gptkbp:radar gptkb:Type_277_radar
gptkbp:received_award Battle Honours
gptkbp:replaced_by gptkb:Type_42_destroyers
gptkbp:served_in gptkb:Cold_War
gptkb:Mediterranean_Sea
gptkb:World_War_II
gptkbp:service gptkb:World_War_II
1945-1972
gptkbp:sister_ship gptkb:HMS_Cossack_(R99)
gptkbp:sonar Type 162 sonar
gptkbp:speed 36 knots
gptkbp:sunk U-boat U-563
German merchant ships
gptkbp:survivors gptkb:Battle_of_the_Atlantic
gptkbp:was_part_of gptkb:Task_Force_63
gptkb:Task_Force_54
gptkb:Task_Force_88
gptkb:Task_Force_51
gptkb:Task_Force_52
gptkb:British_Indian_Ocean_Fleet
gptkb:Task_Force_65
gptkb:British_Pacific_Fleet
gptkb:Task_Force_50
gptkb:Mediterranean_Fleet
gptkb:Home_Fleet
gptkb:Task_Force_58
gptkb:Task_Force_67
gptkb:Task_Force_61
gptkb:Task_Force_77
gptkb:Task_Force_68
gptkb:Task_Force_57
gptkb:Task_Force_76
gptkb:Task_Force_70
gptkb:Task_Force_73
gptkb:Eastern_Fleet
gptkb:Task_Force_59
gptkb:Western_Approaches_Command
Task Force 72
Task Force 74
Task Force 75
Task Force 53
Task Force 55
Task Force 56
Task Force 60
Task Force 62
Task Force 64
Task Force 66
Task Force 69
Task Force 71
Task Force 78
Task Force 79
Task Force 80
Task Force 81
Task Force 83
Task Force 86
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Admiral_Sir_Bruce_Fraser
gptkb:Dunkirk_evacuation
gptkb:British_naval_forces
gptkbp:bfsLayer 4