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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.
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* {{CommRN}} {{HON}} [[William Spencer Leveson-Gower, Fourth Earl Granville|William S. Leveson-Gower]], 18 August, 1913.{{NLJan15|p. 295}}
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{{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={{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}}
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==See Also==
==See Also==
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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.

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. ↑ "Naval And Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), Monday, Jun 02, 1913; pg. 3; Issue 40227.
  7. ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1911). p. 294.
  8. ↑ The Navy List. (August, 1912). p. 294.
  9. ↑ "Naval And Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), Monday, Jun 02, 1913; pg. 3; Issue 40227.
  10. ↑ Leveson-Gower Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45/178. f. 182.
  11. ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1915). p. 393b.
  12. ↑ Leveson-Gower Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45/178. f. 182.
  13. ↑ Prichard Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/356. f. 401.
  14. ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1915). p. 393b.
  15. ↑ Prichard Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/356. f. 401.
  16. ↑ Pridham-Wippell Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/14. ff. 177, 253.
  17. ↑ The Navy List. (November, 1917). p. 392o.
  18. ↑ Pridham-Wippell Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/14. ff. 177, 253.
  19. ↑ Hepper. British Warship Losses in the Ironclad Era: 1860-1919. p. 138.

Bibliography


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