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{{ShipCareer|fullname=H.M.S. ''Comet'' (1931)|fatedate=1946{{Conways1922|p. 38}}
|order=
|comm=2 Jun, 1932{{NLJan33|p. 223}}
|name=Comet
|launch=30 Sep, 1931{{Conways1922|p. 38}}
|builder=[[Portsmouth Royal Dockyard]]
|fate=Broken up
|pend=
|fg=white|bg=crimson}}</div name=fredbot:career>'''H.M.S. ''Comet''''' was one of fourteen [["C" and "D" Class Destroyer (1931)|"C" and "D" Class destroyers]] completed for the [[Royal Navy]].

==Service==
Commissioned at Portsmouth on 2 June, 1932 for duty with the {{UK-DF|2}} in the Home Fleet.{{NLJul34|p. 223}}

Re-commissioned at Chatham on 31 August, 1934 for service with the {{UK-DF|2}} in the Home Fleet.{{NLOct35|p. 223}}

Re-commissioned at Chatham on 29 December, 1936 for service in the Mediterranean.{{NLJul37|p. 224}}

==Captains==
<div name=fredbot:officeCapt otitle="Captain of H.M.S. ''Comet''" nat=UK>
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Thomas Andrew Hussey|nick=Thomas A. Hussey|appt=8 February, 1932{{NLJan33|p. 223}}{{NavAppts|Wednesday, January 27, 1932, Issue 46041, p.6}}|end=27 December, 1933<ref>Hussey Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/120/150.|}} f. 150.</ref>|precBy=New Command}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Michael Wentworth Ewart-Wentworth|nick=Michael W. Ewart-Wentworth|appt=27 December, 1933{{NLOct35|p. 223}}|end=}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=John Franklin William Hine|nick=John F. W. Hine|appt=29 December, 1936{{NLJul37|p. 224}}|end=}}
</div name=fredbot:officeCapt>

==See Also==
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{{WP|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Comet_(1931)}}
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==Footnotes==
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