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H.M.S. Comet (1910)
Pendant Number: H.25 (1914-1916)[1]
Builder: Fairfield[2]
Launched: 23 Jun, 1910[3]
Completed: Jun, 1911[4]
Collision: 6 Aug, 1918[5]
Fate: Exploded under tow

H.M.S. Comet was one of twenty destroyers of the Acorn class.

Service

Comet exploded while being towed following a collision. This caused many to think she was torpedoed, but no submarines claimed doing so.

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 61.
  2. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 74.
  3. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 74.
  4. ↑ Friedman. British Destroyers. p. 306.
  5. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 74.
  6. ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1911). p. 294.
  7. ↑ Leveson-Gower Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45/178. f. 182.
  8. ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1915). p. 393b.
  9. ↑ Leveson-Gower Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45/178. f. 182.
  10. ↑ Prichard Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/356. f. 401.
  11. ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1915). p. 393b.
  12. ↑ Prichard Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/356. f. 401.
  13. ↑ Pridham-Wippell Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/14. ff. 177, 253.
  14. ↑ The Navy List. (November, 1917). p. 392o.
  15. ↑ Pridham-Wippell Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/14. ff. 177, 253.
  16. ↑ Hepper. British Warship Losses in the Ironclad Era: 1860-1919. p. 138.

Bibliography


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