| Navy | The Royal Navy |
| Type | ASW Whaler |
| Class | [No specific class] |
| Pennant | |
| Built by | Framnæs mekaniske Værksted (Sandefjord, Norway) |
| Ordered | |
| Laid down | |
| Launched | |
| Commissioned | Apr 1941 |
| Lost | 3 Jun 1942 |
| Loss position | 32° 06'N, 24° 12'E |
| History | Completed in September 1936. Kos XIX was renamed Cocker in September 1941. HMS Cocker (T/Lt. D.H. Crampton, RNR) was torpedoed and sunk east of Tobruk in position 32º06'N, 24º12'E by the German motor torpedo boat S 57. |
Commands listed for HMS Kos XIX
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| Commander | From | To | |
| 1 | Lt. Leslie Halman Davies, RNR | 28 Apr 1941 | Late 1941 |
| 2 | T/Lt. John Scott, RNVR | late 1941 | mid 1942 |
| 3 | T/Lt. Denis Hugh Crampton, RNR | mid 1942 | 3 Jun 1942 |
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Notable events involving Kos XIX include:
5 Nov 1941
The A/S whaler HMS KOS XIX / Cocker (Lt. L.H. Davies, RNR) sighted a periscope about 32 nautical miles west of Alexandria at 2220/5.
A hunt was started and she was joined by the corvette HMS Snapdragon (T/Lt. P.H. Potter, RNR), A/S whaler HMS Falk (Lt. H.S. Upperton, RNR) and the A/S motor boat HMS MA/SB 2.
Destroyer HMS Encounter (Lt.Cdr. E.V.St J. Morgan, RN) was sent from Alexandria to assist. She already sailed at 2325/5.
Two more destroyers, HMS Hotspur (Lt. T.D. Herrick, DSC, RN) and HMS Decoy (Lt.Cdr. J.M. Alliston, RN), joined in the morning 6th. They had sailed at 0900/6 and 1000/6 respectively.
The destroyers were recalled to harbour at 1800 and arrived later in the evening. No contact had been obtained.
As an oil slick was sighted in the area of the hunt on the 7th the destroyers HMS Hotspur and HMS Kipling (Cdr. A. St.Clair-Ford, RN) were sent to hunt in the area again. They departed Alexandria at 1200 and 1400 hours respectively.
The search continued during the night of 7/8 November. HMS Encounter joined the destroyers in the morning. She sailed from Alexandria at 0815/8.
The hunt was however soon abandoned as no contact could be obtained and and the three destroyers then escorted the light cruiser HMS Neptune (Capt. R.C. O'Conor, RN) during a practice bombardment at Aboukir. HMS Neptune had departed Alexandria at 1000/8.
Following the exercise HMS Neptune immediately returned to Alexandria arriving at 1630/8.
HMS Encounter, HMS Hotspur and HMS Kipling returned to Alexandria at 1015/9 having remained outside on patrol for another night. (1)
20 May 1942
HMS Cocker (T/Lt. J. Scott, RNVR) picks up 43 survivors from the British tanker Eocene that was torpedoed and sunk earlier that day by the German U-boat U-431 about 13 miles northeast of Bardia in position 31°56’N, 25°14’E.
Sources
- ADM 53/115216 + ADM 199/415
ADM numbers indicate documents at the British National Archives at Kew, London.