14 April 1900

At sea Portland to Devonport. Course S84W at 8 knots. Wind west force 4 with overcast sky and fog. Barometer 30.15 inches rising to 30.20 at 0800 and to 30.31 at 2000 before finishing at 30.18 inches at midnight. Temperature at midday 49F. 0115. Start Point abeam at 5 ½ miles.0225. Altered course to N50W. 0515. Altered course N50E. Sounded in 14 fathoms. 0530. Altered course to N54E. Sounded in 13 fathoms. 0545. Altered course S10E. Sounded in 11 fathoms. 0600. Altered course S82E. Sounded in 9 fathoms. 0630. Course as requisite for Sound. 070. Stopped. Came to buoy and made fast. 0800. Saluted Commander in Chief.  1100. Slipped from buoy and proceeded up harbour. 1150. Stopped and made fast to HMS Himalaya.  Received 306 lbs of beef and 153 lbs of vegetables.

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P&O had concluded that Himalaya was a larger vessel than the passenger traffic demanded and, with coal becoming more expensive with the advent of war in the Crimea, would not be economic. In July 1854, after another trooping voyage, to Scutari, the company was able to persuade the British Government to buy her to use as a troopship for £133,000, a little above her cost price of £130,000.

She retired from trooping service and was decommissioned on 28 September 1894.[21] Retained to become a coal hulk in the Hamoaze, Devonport, in December 1895, and with the new name C60, she was sent to Hull for conversion by Earle’s Shipbuilding Co to a vessel able to store 4,500 tons of coal.[12][18] She returned to Devonport at the end of June 1896.[22]

Noon. Wind SW force 3 with overcast sky. 1300. Tested life buoys – found correct. 1330 Commenced coaling. Received 47 tons.  Received 10 tons of water. 1600. Wind SW force 1 with overcast sky. 1700. Received 53 tons of coal. 1850. Finished coaling. Received 80 tons. 1900. Employed cleaning ship.  Special leave to both watches.  Coal expended 7 tons 19 cwt.  Number on sick list 1.

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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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