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

Revision as of 21:34, 28 April 2014

H.M.S. Comet (1910)
Pendant Number: H.25 (1914-1916)[1]
Builder: Fairfield[2]
Launched: 23 Jun, 1910[3]
Collision: 6 Aug, 1918[4]
Fate: Exploded under tow

H.M.S. Comet was one of twenty destroyers of the Acorn class.

Service

Comet exploded while being towed following a collision. 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. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 74.
  5. ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1915). p. 295.

Bibliography


Acorn Class Destroyer
Acorn Alarm Brisk Sheldrake Staunch
Cameleon Comet Goldfinch Nemesis Nereide
Nymphe Fury Hope Larne Lyra
Martin Minstrel Redpole Rifleman Ruby
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