302167
Photograph 302167 19th centurySTARBOARD SIDE VIEW OF THE THIRD CLASS CRUISER (FORMERLY TORPEDO CRUISER) HMS COSSACK ALONGSIDE. ORIGINALLY THREE MASTED, SHE HAS NOW BEEN ALTERED TO A TWO MASTED RIG. NOTE THE PROMINENT 6 INCH GUN MO
P03626.015 Accession Number: P03626.015
Description
View of the Tribal Class Destroyer HMS Cossack. Originally three masted, she has now been altered to a two masted rig. Note the prominent six inch gun mountings sponsoned out from the side forward and amidships. HMS Cossack was commission on 7 June 1938 and in May 1941 participated in the persuit of the Bismarck. ON 21 Octoerb 1941, she was escorting a convoy from Gibraltar to the United Kingdom when she was struck by one torpedo fired by the submarine U-563. SHe sank in the Atlantic 6 days later, 159 of her crew were lost.
Details
Accession Number
P03626.015
Maker
Unknown
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Negative
Physical Description
Colour: b&w
Date Made
c 1940
Place Made
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Credit Line
Donor E Pearson
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain
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