HMS Comet (R26)
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HMS Comet 1945 IWM FL 8293
HMS Comet, 19 September 1945
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Name: | HMS Comet |
Builder: | Yarrow, Scotstoun |
Laid down: | 14 June 1943 |
Launched: | 22 June 1944 |
Commissioned: | 6 June 1945 |
Identification: | Pennant number: R26 (later D26) |
Fate: | Arrived for breaking up at Troon on 23 June 1962 |
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Class & type: | C-class destroyer |
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Length: | 362.75 ft (110.57 m) o/a |
Beam: | 35.75 ft (10.90 m) |
Draught: | 11.75 ft (3.58 m) |
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Speed: | 36 knots (67 km/h) / 32 knots (59 km/h) full |
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Complement: | 186 |
Sensors and processing systems: |
Radar Type 275 fire control on director Mk.VI |
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HMS Comet was a C-class destroyer of the Royal Navy, built by Yarrow at Scotstoun. She was launched on 22 June 1944 and commissioned on 6 June 1945.
Operational service
On commissioning Comet served as part of the 8th Destroyer Squadron in the Far East. She returned to the UK for a refit in 1948.[1] She was given an interim modernization and was fitted for minelaying.[2] She then served as part of the 6th Destroyer Squadron in the Home Fleet between 1953 and 1957.[3]
Decommissioning and disposal
Comet was paid off in February 1958. Following her sale she arrived at the breakers yard for scrapping at Troon on 23 October 1962.
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