During Warship Week in February 1942, Esher raised £1,192,211, which helped to build a warship, ‘HMS Cossack’. This was done by the public throwing money in to a rubber type float in a pool. (There was sufficient money left over to buy a submarine as well).

The story continues.

HMS COSSACK (ii) (R57)

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Rank: Writer
When Allotted: 1945-

Remarks: Died July 2010.
Dillwyn Morgan Davies served in HMS Cossack (D57) from 1945 to 1947 as Flotilla Staff Writer On his ‘demob’ he returned home to Wales and moved to Pembroke where he met his wife Peggy. He eventually took up teaching as a career, retiring in 1991 after 40 years, the last 20 years of which were spent as headteacher of two local schools. He was well respected in the communities of Pembroke and Pembroke Dock having become a councillor in 1964. He was elected Mayor of Pembroke on four separate occasions and was still a serving councillor at the time of his death in July 2010.
Although he was unable to travel to Association reunions, he enjoyed reading the anecdotes published in the newsletter and the ‘Lighter Side’ tales were often used in the talks he gave to the various organisations with which he was connected.
He was predeceased by his wife in 2009 and leaves three daughters.

Remarks: Died June 1994

When Allotted: 1950
Rank: ERA
When Allotted: 1957
Pay Book Number: JX912307
Rank: Stoker
When Allotted: 1947

Remarks: Fell overboard at Shanghai and rescued by ship’s whaler.
Joined RN 1952 left 1964 as LRO (T). Living in West Australia. (2012)

Rank: Able Seaman
When Allotted: 1957
Rank: Able Seaman
When Allotted: 1947
Rank: Lt Cdr (1st Lt)
When Allotted: 1947

Remarks: Made Commander RN
Naval attaché Chiang Kai-Shek 1949. Ling-Young Affair
Died 15 December 2003.

Rank: Able Seaman
When Allotted: 1958
Rank: M (E)
When Allotted: 1958

Remarks: Served 9 years in the RN
Following on from my first ship, Cossack, I joined HMS Paladin and saw time in Home Sea Service:
Mainly on Icelandic Fishery Protection during the Cod wars of the early sixties.  Next it was Ark Royal 1963 – 65 commission.  Not overstruck on that one; Ark Royal was too big and formal.  HMS Dainty followed on from that, probably my favorite ship: Her Majesty waved to us all on departing from escort duties to the Royal Yacht in the West Indies.  My last posting was to HMS Jaguar in Chatham, undergoing major refit.

Had a good time in Chatty Chats, ashore most nights and plenty of weekends.  Demobbed in early ’68,
home to married life; I worked in welding, sheet metal fabrication, the electric cable making industry for 29 years and conclusively in security.  Now enjoying retirement: my hobbies and pastimes include
gardening, cycling, reading and writing. I am the author of five novels, but have never made the bigtime
Aged 81 in 2022.

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1806-1816

This is the account of the first vessel named HMS Cossack, a title that would be passed on to five later ships and commemorated by the Royal Navy in the Cossack Building at HMS Raleigh.

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1854-1875

The second Cossack was originally ordered by Russia for the Black Sea Fleet in December 1852 at a cost of 290,000 silver roubles. However, when relations between Britain and Russia deteriorated, Russia sold the vessels to the Hamburg trading firm Henry Mersk & Co.

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1886-1905

This account covers the third vessel named HMS Cossack. Launched on 3 June 1886 and in service until 1905, she spent the majority of her career in the Far East, calling at India, Aden, Ceylon (Sri Lanka), and other ports.

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1907-1919

The fourth HMS Cossack received the first Battle Honour for participating in operations along the Belgian coast from 17 October to 8 November 1914. This section contains copies of the original construction contract and detailed plans showing her launch, deck arrangements, and machinery.

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1938-1941

Credited with battle honours including Baltic 1855, Witu 1890, Dover Patrol 1914–1919, Narvik 1940, Norway 1940, Atlantic 1940–1941, the Bismarck Action 1941, and the Malta Convoys 1941, the HMS Cossack in service from 1938 to 1941 was a formidable presence.

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1944-1960

During Warship Week in February 1942, the town of Esher raised £1,192,211, contributing to the construction of the warship HMS Cossack. The funds were collected by the public depositing money into a rubber-type float in a pool. Remarkably, the surplus was enough to fund a submarine as well. The story continues.

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