Cossack Casualties Knew Nothing Of End
(Rec. 1.30 p.m.) LONDON, Nov. 16 Captain E. L. Berthon, D. 5.0., and other members of the crew of the destroyer Cossack who were killed when the ship was lost, could have known and felt nothing of what happened, said an officer describing the explosion which resulted in the ship’s end.
“I had gone down from the bridge to the chart house and the next tiling 1 knew was that I was being helped back to the bridge by a seaman. I had a dislocated shoulder and broken teeth.' There was oil everywhere and the seamen who were helping me were so black they were unrecognisable. Blown From Bridge
“There were eight or nine officers on the bridge when I left and none were there when I returned. Ail had found themselves in other parts of the ship or in the water not knowing .bow they got there. The ship was head to the wind, making the fire spread rapidly and causing ammunition ready for use on deck to go off like fireworks.” The officer added that some of the ships’ company included participants in all the exploits of the Cossack, including the Altmarck capture, the Narvik raid and the sinking of the Bismarck.
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Northern Advocate, 17 November 1941, Page 5
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