H.M.S. Comet (1870)

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H.M.S. Comet (1870)
Builder: Portsmouth[1]
Launched: 8 Dec, 1870[2]
Sold: 12 May, 1908[3]

H.M.S. Comet was one of 24 gunboats of the Ant class.

Service

Comet and Blazer were put through trials over a measured mile in Stokes Bay off Portsmouth on 14-15 March, 1871 under the command of Captain E. B. Rice, achieving mean speeds of 8.741 and 8.734 knots, respectively.[4]

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Lyon; Winfield. The Steam & Sail List. p. 280.
  2. ↑ Lyon; Winfield. The Steam & Sail List. p. 280.
  3. ↑ Lyon; Winfield. The Steam & Sail List. p. 281.
  4. ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), Thursday, Mar 16, 1871; pg. 5; Issue 27012.

Bibliography


Ant Class Gunboat
Ant Class
Ant Arrow Badger Blazer Bloodhound
Bonetta Bulldog Bustard Comet Cuckoo
Fidget Hyaena Kite Mastiff Pickle
Pike Scourge Snake Snap Weazel
Gadfly Class
  Gadfly Griper Pincher Tickler  
<– H.M.S. Plucky Small Fry (UK) Ariel Class –>
<– H.M.S. Plucky Gunboats (UK) Ariel Class –>
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