Moored at Port Louis, Mauritius. Wind SE force 3 to 6 with broken cloud and squalls. Barometer 30.50 inches rising to 50.52 at noon before finishing at 30.47 inches at midnight. Temperature at noon 70F. 0200. Received 220 lbs of beef and 110 lbs of vegetables plus 750 lbs of bread. 0200. Lit fires in number 1 and 2 boilers. 0630. Shifted berth for proceeding out of harbour. Draught 14 feet 8 inches forward. 15 feet 11 inches aft. 0800. Wind south force 2 to 4 with broken cloud and squalls. 0800. Employed as requisite. Lost by fouling screw Barrels 4 gallon fitted P.299. Creeper boat P 712. 1145. Weighed and proceeded as requisite. Noon. Wind SE force 3 with broken cloud. Shaped to N15E at 65 revolutions. 1410. Altered course to N44E. Employed as requisite. Numbers one and 2 of 6 inch guns at Morris tube practice. 1600. Wind SSE force 4 to 5 with broken cloud ad squalls.1615. Quarters. 2000. Wind S by E force 5 to 6 Cloudy with squalls and passing rain. 2200. Exercised Close watertight doors and sea boats crews. Coal expended 13 tons 10 cwt. Number on sick list 2.
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.
