The HMS Cossack
Association Picture Gallery, and Illustrated History |
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Many of the following pictures have been supplied by members of the HMS Cossack Association. Where appropriate, other pictures have the copyright information, otherwise the Association should be contacted regarding reproduction of any of these images.
PICTURES OF LO3 (also known as GO3 and FO3) |
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HMS Cossack (L03) Port side |
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HMS Cossack(LO3) Starboard side Courtesy of HMCS Haida Association |
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THE AFTERMATH OF THE YANGTZE INCIDENT - 1949 | |
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THE NORWEGIAN CONNECTION |
THE ALTMARK |
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Finn and Cecilie Nesvold at HMS COSSACK's 2001 Reunion. Cecilie is dressed in her pretty traditional Norwegian costume, which was much admired. | |||
Sokndal's gifts to the HMS COSSACK Association. These were brought from Norway by Finn Nesvold and presented during his speech at the Association's 2001 Dinner. |
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Left to Right. The Biography of Captain Heinrich Dau, the Captain of the ALTMARK. The illustrated greeting. Details of the greeting in the picture is shown below. Video of the 60th Anniversary commemoration of the freeing of the ALTMARK's prisoners by COSSACK |
SOKNDAL'S MESSAGE The municipality of Sokndal greets the 2001 reunion of the HMS Cossack Association with hopes that the arrangement will be successful. We hope that the connection between the HMS Cossack Association and the municipality of Sokndal can be maintained in the years to come. We have a common historical link through the event in Jössingfjord February 16. 1940. This event was an important victory for the British navy and the British spirit in the beginning of the War, and it was an important event in the Norwegian history. It was an honour for a good Norwegian to be called a Jössing during the war, and it referred to a pro British attitude in the struggle against the German occupants - the event in Jössingfjord became a symbol of resistance and hope for freedom The appellation 'Jössing' was originally coined by the editor of 'Sverige fritt' (Sweden free) - a pro-German paper, to denote pro-Nazi sympathisers. But the Norwegians turned it round to denote the opposite and were proud of it. They also provided it with their own content, Jössing = Jeg Önsker Staten Styrt Ifölge Norges Grunnlov. (Jössing = I want the state ruled according to Norway's Constitution.) Taken from 'Folklore Fights The Nazis' by Kathleen Stokker. |
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Royal Norwegian Navy Senior Officers visit Jossingfjord Memorial - April 2005. |
Left to Right :Captain Hans Christian Smith-Sivertsen, Vice Admiral Leonhard Revang, Admiral Torolf Rein, and Rear Admiral Egil J. Eikanger in front of the Memorial. |
THE LOFOTEN CONNECTION - 2nd BATTLE OF NARVIK |
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Ladies and Gentlemen! I want to thank you for the invitation, and that I could be a member of this association. Many years has gone by since HMS Cossack was in Skelfjorden in Lofoten, but I did never forget this incident, it was like an adventure for me. I have often wondered how life went on for the crew onboard this legend of a ship after I took part in the repairing after the battle of Narvik. I was about 19 years old at that time, and only a year later the Cossack was back in Lofoten in what we call the Lofotraidet 4 of March. After this raid many civilians got arrested by the Germans, including me. I was sent to a prison camp in the south of Norway called Grini and I got prisoner number 119. The German SS officers who questioned me didn't know anything about my trip to Skelfjord, if they had known I would probably have ended my days in front of a firing squad. But I kept my mouth shut about that, and told them stories about nothing until they released me four months later. When I left Skelfjord I was given some biscuit boxes and about 40 pounds of butter (by HMS COSSACK). I brought this gift with me to Kbelvåg, my brothers and my sister was very glad for this. There was a lot of metal fragments inside the biscuit boxes, but we sorted it out and we made a velltasting porage of it! We will talk a lot these days, I don't see so very well any more, but there is nothing wrong with my ears. I have looked forward to this meeting a long time, and it is my first trip to the United Kingdom. So once again, thank you so very much. |
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HMS COSSACK - 1873
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Ship's Company - John Wood and shipmates | ![]() |
Rounding Cape Horn 4 March 1873 | ![]() |
Photo by Alfred Winters, Elizabeth Street, Hobart Town, Australia | ![]() |
UNITED STATES NAVY RETIREMENT CEREMONY | ||
Master Chief Kenneth W Reichert | ||
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![]() The start of the ceremony with the Honor Bos'n and Side Boys piping The Side as the Captain arrives. The Color Guard stands ready also. |
![]() The call for ex-Sailors to stand and be recognised. I stand while my wife, Pam , and daughter in law, Yvette, look on. |
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![]() The Ceremony of Passing The Flag. Kenneth on the left about to receive it. |
![]() The Shadow Box documenting Kenneth's 30 year career in the USN. |
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![]() Having received his Honourable Discharge, Kenneth is piped Ashore. |
![]() Kenneth and a happy Claire walk away on completion of the Ceremony. |
If anyone has any other pictures which they would like to be included in this gallery, I would be delighted to receive them. Please email them to me (via address below) as Gif or Jpg files if at all possible, otherwise, let me know if you have something, and I'll do my best to arrange for them to be 'scanned'. Also, if anyone has any further information on any of the pictures shown, please let me know.
If you have any questions or comments regarding the gallery, or pictures or background information to contribute, please E-Mail to Peter Harrison:
HMS Cossack Association
secretary@hmscossack.org
Designed by Rob Bartholomew, and maintained by Peter Harrison