Name: | COSSACK |
Type: | Destroyer |
Keel: | 18/03/1943 |
Launched: | 10/05/1944 |
Completed: | 04/09/1945 |
Builder: | Vickers-Armstrongs Ltd |
Yard: | High Walker |
Yard Number: | 63 |
Dimensions: | 1890disp - 2540disp, 339.5 x 35.8 x 11.3(draft)ft |
Engines: | 2 x Steam turbines, SR Geared, 40000shp |
Engines by: | Parsons Marine Steam Turbine Co Ltd, Wallsend |
Propulsion: | 2 x Screws, 36.0knots |
Construction: | Steel |
Armament: | 4 x 1 x 4.5ins DP, 1 x 2 x 40mm AA, 2 x 1 x 40mm AA, 2 x 1 x 20mm AA guns; |
1 x 4 x 21.0ins torpedoes; 4 x depth charge throwers | |
History: | |
04/09/1945 | British Royal Navy |
01/03/1961 | Broken up |
Comments: | Member of the C Class of destroyers. |
Allocated pennant number R57 | |
01/03/1961: Arrived at Troon for breaking up by West of Scotland Shipbreaking |
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