HMS Cossack (1806)
| Career (United Kingdom) |  |
|---|---|
| Name: | HMS Cossack |
| Ordered: | 30 January 1805 |
| Builder: | Simon Temple, South Shields |
| Laid down: | July 1805 |
| Launched: | 24 December 1806 |
| Completed: | 2 July 1807 at Chatham Dockyard |
| Commissioned: | early 1807 |
| Out of service: | Broken up in June 1816 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | 16-gun Banterer-class sixth-rate post ship |
| Tons burthen: | 545 60/94 bm |
| Length: |
117 ft 11.5 in (36.0 m) (overall) 98 ft 4.5 in (30.0 m) (keel) |
| Beam: | 32 ft 3.5 in (9.8 m) |
| Depth of hold: | 10 ft 6 in (3.20 m) |
| Sail plan: | Full-rigged ship |
| Complement: | 155 (later 175) |
| Armament: |
Rated at 24 guns:
Later:
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HMS Cossack was a Royal Navy Banterer-class sixth-rate post ship of 22 guns, built in 1805-07 at South Shields, England. She was ordered in January 1805 as HMS Pandour but her name was altered to Cossack during 1806.
She was rated as a 22-gun ship and was intended to mount that number of long 9-pounders on her main deck. However she also carried eight 24-pounder carronades and two long 6-pounders on her quarter-deck and forecastle. By the time that Captain George Digby commissioned her in early 1807, the Admiralty added two brass howitzers to her armament, while exchanging her 9-pounders for 32-pounder carronades. Her complement was increased by twenty to 175 officers, men and boys. She served throughout the Napoleonic War and was broken up at Portsmouth in June 1816.
References
- Colledge, J.J. Ships of the Royal Navy: The Complete Record of All Fighting Ships of the Royal Navy From the Fifteenth Century to the Present. Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press, 1987. ISBN 0-87021-652-X.
- Winfield, Rif. British Warships in the Age of Sail, 1793-1817: Design, Construction, Careers and Fates. Seaforth Publishing, 2nd edition, 2008. ISBN 978-1-84415-717-4.
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