HMAS Cook

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HMAS Cook (GOR 291/A 219), named after Captain James Cook, was an oceanographic research vessel of the Royal Australian Navy (RAN).

Design work for a dedicated oceanographic research vessel to replace the converted frigate Template:HMAS began in the late 1960s.<ref name=Gillett102>Gillett, Australian and New Zealand Warships Since 1946, p. 102</ref> The ship was ordered in 1973.<ref name=Gillett102/> Cook was Template:Convert in length overall, with a beam of Template:Convert and a draught of Template:Convert.<ref name=Gillett103/> Displacement was 1,900 tons at standard load, and 2,450 tons at full load.<ref name=Gillett103/> Propulsion machinery consisted of diesel engines, connected to two shafts driving variable pitch propellers .<ref name=Gillett103/> A bow thruster and an active rudder provided extra maneuverability, especially when the ship was required to remain in one position at sea for oceanographic measurements. Top speed was Template:Convert, with a range of Template:Convert at Template:Convert.<ref name=Gillett103/> Cook was operated by a ship's company of 150, with facilities for up to 13 civilian scientists.<ref name=Gillett103/> The ship's armament was limited to light calibre weapons only.<ref name=Gillett103/>

Cook was laid down by HMA Naval Dockyard at Williamstown, Victoria,<ref name=Gillett103>Gillett, Australian and New Zealand Warships Since 1946, p. 103</ref> on 30 September 1974, launched on 27 August 1977 and commissioned into the RAN on 28 January 1980.<ref name=Gillett102/> After a six-year construction period the ship spent another two years in dockyard hands fixing defects from the building period, including the realignment of the entire propulsion mechanism to reduce vibration.<ref name=Gillett102/>

Cook paid off on 31 October 1990 and was sold for conversion as a small cruise ship and subsequently renamed "Maria Kosmas" - IMO number 8872784.Template:Citation needed As of 2009, the vessel was in the United Arab Emirates) under the name "Cosmos", in the hands of Platinum Yachts and laid up next to the EasyCruiseOne for conversion into a private yacht, but work had been suspended.<ref name="SYT">Template:Cite web</ref> In 2022, both vessels were dismantled even though the conversion had made progress earlier.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

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