Cossack entered Narvik harbour against a German destroyer that was still able to fire heavily enough to be mistaken for a shore battery. She also grounded while manoeuvring in the confined water. Shell hits damaged the transmitting station, severed a main steam pipe, and struck the boiler room, yet the ship continued to engage using manual local control. Her crews worked through German craft in the harbour and also fired on a troublesome shore mortar. Continuing the fight after the central systems were knocked out depended on crew training and decentralized gunnery.
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Cossack's local-control gunnery at Narvik
Damage to Cossack's fire-control systems did not end her contribution at Narvik; her crews continued the fight on local control.