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==Service== | ==Service== | ||
''Comet'' exploded while being towed following a collision. This caused many to think she was torpedoed, but no submarines claimed doing so. | ''Comet'' served in the {{UK-DF|2}} under her second captain, Commander [[Kerrison Kiddle]], until being paid off on 4 June, 1913.<ref>"Naval And Military Intelligence." ''The Times'' (London, England), Monday, Jun 02, 1913; pg. 3; Issue 40227.</ref> | ||
She joined the {{UK-DF|5}} in the Mediterranean in November or December 1915. | |||
''Comet'' exploded while being towed following a collision in 1918. This caused many to think she was torpedoed, but no submarines claimed doing so. | |||
==Captains== | ==Captains== | ||
Dates of appointment are provided when known. | Dates of appointment are provided when known. | ||
<div name=fredbot:officeCapt otitle="Captain of H.M.S. ''Comet''"> | <div name=fredbot:officeCapt otitle="Captain of H.M.S. ''Comet''"> | ||
{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Francis Gerard St. George Brooker|nick=Francis G. St. G. Brooker|appt=10 January, 1911{{NLApr11|p. 294}}|end=|precBy=New Command}} | {{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Francis Gerard St. George Brooker|nick=Francis G. St. G. Brooker|appt=10 January, 1911{{NLApr11|p. 294}}|end=9 January, 1912|precBy=New Command}} | ||
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Kerrison Kiddle|nick=Kerrison Kiddle|appt=1 February, 1912{{NLAug12|p. 294}}|end=4 June, 1913<ref>"Naval And Military Intelligence." ''The Times'' (London, England), Monday, Jun 02, 1913; pg. 3; Issue 40227.</ref>}} | |||
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=William Spencer Leveson-Gower, Fourth Earl Granville|nick=The Hon. William S. Leveson-Gower|appt=18 August, 1913<ref>Leveson-Gower Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/45/178.|D7603430}} f. 182.</ref>{{NLApr15|p. 393''b''}}|end=August, 1915<ref>Leveson-Gower Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/45/178.|D7603430}} f. 182.</ref>{{INF}}}} | {{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=William Spencer Leveson-Gower, Fourth Earl Granville|nick=The Hon. William S. Leveson-Gower|appt=18 August, 1913<ref>Leveson-Gower Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/45/178.|D7603430}} f. 182.</ref>{{NLApr15|p. 393''b''}}|end=August, 1915<ref>Leveson-Gower Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/45/178.|D7603430}} f. 182.</ref>{{INF}}}} | ||
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Hugh Trevor Prichard|nick=Hugh T. Prichard|appt=August, 1915<ref>Prichard Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/44/356.|D7603140}} f. 401.</ref>{{NLOct15|p. 393''b''}}|end=11 November, 1915<ref>Prichard Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/44/356.|D7603140}} f. 401.</ref>}} | {{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Hugh Trevor Prichard|nick=Hugh T. Prichard|appt=mid August, 1915<ref>Prichard Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/44/356.|D7603140}} f. 401.</ref>{{NLOct15|p. 393''b''}}|end=11 November, 1915<ref>Prichard Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/44/356.|D7603140}} f. 401.</ref>}} | ||
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Henry Daniel Pridham-Wippell|nick=Henry D. Pridham-Wippell|appt=11 November, 1915<ref>Pridham-Wippell Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/50/14.|D7576677}} ff. 177, 253.</ref>{{NLNov17|p. 392''o''}}|end=15 May, 1918<ref>Pridham-Wippell Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/50/14.|D7576677}} ff. 177, 253.</ref>}} | {{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Henry Daniel Pridham-Wippell|nick=Henry D. Pridham-Wippell|appt=11 November, 1915<ref>Pridham-Wippell Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/50/14.|D7576677}} ff. 177, 253.</ref>{{NLNov17|p. 392''o''}}|end=15 May, 1918<ref>Pridham-Wippell Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/50/14.|D7576677}} ff. 177, 253.</ref>}} | ||
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Henry de Beauvoir Tupper|nick=Henry de B. Tupper|appt=|end=6 August, 1918{{HepperLosses|p. 138}}|succBy=Vessel Lost|note=vessel lost under his command}} | {{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Henry de Beauvoir Tupper|nick=Henry de B. Tupper|appt=15 May, 1918|end=6 August, 1918{{HepperLosses|p. 138}}|succBy=Vessel Lost|note=vessel lost under his command}} | ||
</div name=fredbot:officeCapt> | </div name=fredbot:officeCapt> | ||
==See Also== | ==See Also== | ||
{{refbegin}} | {{refbegin}} | ||
{{WP| | {{WP|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Comet_(1910)}} | ||
{{refend}} | {{refend}} | ||
Latest revision as of 19:28, 13 May 2020
| H.M.S. Comet (1910) | |
|---|---|
| Pendant Number: | H.25 (1914-1916)[1] |
| Builder: | Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company[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 served in the Second Destroyer Flotilla under her second captain, Commander Kerrison Kiddle, until being paid off on 4 June, 1913.[6]
She joined the Fifth Destroyer Flotilla in the Mediterranean in November or December 1915.
Comet exploded while being towed following a collision in 1918. This caused many to think she was torpedoed, but no submarines claimed doing so.
Captains
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
- Lieutenant & Commander Francis G. St. G. Brooker, 10 January, 1911[7] – 9 January, 1912
- Commander Kerrison Kiddle, 1 February, 1912[8] – 4 June, 1913[9]
- Commander The Hon. William S. Leveson-Gower, 18 August, 1913[10][11] – August, 1915[12][Inference]
- Commander Hugh T. Prichard, mid August, 1915[13][14] – 11 November, 1915[15]
- Lieutenant-Commander Henry D. Pridham-Wippell, 11 November, 1915[16][17] – 15 May, 1918[18]
- Commander Henry de B. Tupper, 15 May, 1918 – 6 August, 1918[19] (vessel lost under his command)
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 61.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 74.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 74.
- ↑ Friedman. British Destroyers. p. 306.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 74.
- ↑ "Naval And Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), Monday, Jun 02, 1913; pg. 3; Issue 40227.
- ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1911). p. 294.
- ↑ The Navy List. (August, 1912). p. 294.
- ↑ "Naval And Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), Monday, Jun 02, 1913; pg. 3; Issue 40227.
- ↑ Leveson-Gower Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45/178. f. 182.
- ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1915). p. 393b.
- ↑ Leveson-Gower Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45/178. f. 182.
- ↑ Prichard Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/356. f. 401.
- ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1915). p. 393b.
- ↑ Prichard Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/356. f. 401.
- ↑ Pridham-Wippell Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/14. ff. 177, 253.
- ↑ The Navy List. (November, 1917). p. 392o.
- ↑ Pridham-Wippell Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/14. ff. 177, 253.
- ↑ Hepper. British Warship Losses in the Ironclad Era: 1860-1919. p. 138.
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