24 August 1900

Moored alongside Passenger Wharf at Karachi. Wind WSW force 2 with broken cloud. Barometer 29.78 inches falling to 29.66 at 1600 before rising to 29.75 at 2000 and finishing at 29.76 inches at midnight. Temperature at noon 83F. 0001. Lit fires in boilers. 0600. Cleaning ship. 0920. Hauled off from wharf. 0930. Proceeded as requisite. 0940. Stopped. Dhow nearly fouled us whilst proceeding through narrows channel. 0945. Proceeded. 1005. Streamed Patent log.  Shaped to S81W at 78 revolutions for Muscat. Training class at instruction. Remainder as requisite.  Ordinary Seamen and Boys at small arms drill. 1145. Cape Monze on bows.

Cape Monze (aka Cape Mount) is a beach on the Arabian Sea. It is near the Hub River and Gadani Beach in Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan.

Ras Muari, often referred to as Cape Mount, is a beach located off the shore of the Arabian Sea in Karachi. It stretches from the village of Mubarak to Yousuf Goth in West Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan.

Noon. Position 24.44N. 66.44E. Couse S81W at 8 knots. Wind WSW force 2 to 3 with overcast sky.1326. Cape Monze abeam. Training class at instruction. Exercised magazine and shell room party at drill. Remainder as requisite. 1600 Exercised General Quarters. Scrub and wash clothes. 2130. Put clothes back 7 minutes. Coal expended 16 tons 18 cwt. Number on sick list 3.

(Editorial note. Inserted in this part of the log is a list of Gear for Surveying. No explanation found why it should be in this part of the log)

 

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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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