At anchor in Zanzibar Harbour. Wind calm with broken cloud. Barometer 20.06 inches rising to 30.08 at 0800 before falling to 29.98 at 1600 and finishing at 30.02 at midnight. Temperature at noon 84F. Draught of water forward 13 feet 7 inches. Aft 15 feet 5 inches. 0300. Lit fires and raised steam in one boiler. 0430. Received 120 lbs of fresh beef and 60 lbs of vegetables. 0530. Torpedo men testing torpedoes. Lit fires and raised steam in third and fourth boilers. 0730. Weighed and proceeded via English Pass. 0915. Mustered by Divisions and read prayers. 0945. Proceeded at full speed. 1000. Employed as requisite. Marines at drill. 1120. Ras Nyange abeam. Shaped to NE ½ E at 10 knots. Noon. Wind NE force 1 Position 5.38S 39.18E, course NE by ½ E at 10 knots. 1215. Observed Pemba Island on the starboard bow. 1330. Altered course to NE ½ N. 1400. Observed HMS Conquest and Kingfisher ahead. 1530 Stopped and came to Chaki Chaki Bay in 10 fathoms and communicated with CONQUEST. 1600. Weighed and proceeded out of bay. 1645. Shaped to SW. 1715. Mustered at Quarters. 1730. Observed HMS Algerine on starboard bow. Closed to communicate. Reduced to slow. 1740. Proceeded at full ahead. Course SW ¼ S.at 9.5 knots. 1900. Observed Ras Nungwe and M??ana M??ana (?) lights ahead (Nungwi is a village at the northern end of the Tanzanian island of Unguja, familiarly called Zanzibar.) 2200. Using Electric search light to identify marks. 2230. Stopped and cam eto in North Channel in 15 fathoms and veerd to 4 shackles. Banked fires. Midnight. Sent steam cutter to communicate with Flag in Zanzibar Harbour. Let fires die out in two boilers. Anchorage bearings. Bawi Island S57W. Water Tower House S39E magnetic. Coal expended 19 tons 15 cwt. Number on sick list 8.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
