HMS-Cossack-returns-to-Leith-17-February-1940 Posted on October 27, 2021 by laststandonzombieisland Leave a comment HMS Cossack returns to Leith on 17 February 1940 after rescuing the British prisoners held in Graf Spees’s supply ship Altmark. IWM Previous Next Return to Warship Wednesday, Oct. 27, 2021: The Navy’s Here