I joined her in April 1940 and left in April 1941 On the 30th April 1940 I was told to get a medical - drop trousers and cough — then collect my belongings as I was drafted to HMS Cossack that ...

Following the Cossack’s sinking, Sam was transferred to the aircraft carrier HMS Ark Royal.Ironically, this ship had been involved in the sinking of the Bismarck.In a cruel twist of fate, the ...

It added that after Bismarck was sunk on its maiden mission, he was rescued by the British destroyer HMS Cossack and it was his first set of rescuers who then named him Oscar. According to the ...

In this extract from Nazi propaganda, Haw-Haw mocks Churchill's tribute to HMS Cossack, the British ship that rescued prisoners from a German vessel called the Altmark. Four Germans were killed in ...

and in the HMS Cossack Association newsletters. I was There! Where? Chapter 4 - H.M.S. Cossack Fleet Destroyer Launched: 1935 Commissioned: 1937 Lost at sea being hit by a torpedo from a German U ...