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HMS Comet
The name
HMS
Comet
, after the
comet
, has been used no less than sixteen times by the
Royal Navy
.
The first
Comet
was a 4-gun bomb vessel built in
1695
and captured by the French in
1706
.
The second
Comet
was a 14-gun bomb vessel in use from
1742
to
1759
.
The third
Comet
was a
galley
used in
1756
.
The fourth
Comet
was a 10-gun brig-sloop in
India
in
1758
.
The fifth
Comet
was a 10-gun
sloop
purchased in
1777
and sold the following year.
The sixth
Comet
was the 10-gun sloop
Diligence
converted to a fireship in
1779
but sold the following year.
The seventh
Comet
was a fireship built in
1783
and used in
1800
at Dunkirk Roads.
The eighth
Comet
was an 18-gun
sloop
launched in
1807
and sold
1815
.
The ninth
Comet
was launched in
1822
, making her the first steam-powered vessel of the Royal Navy, although not added to the Navy List until
1831
.
The tenth
Comet
was an 18-gun
sloop
launched in
1828
, renamed
Comus
in
1832
, and broken up
1862
.
The eleventh
Comet
was the
Thunderer
(1831) renamed in
1869
.
The twelfth
Comet
was a 3rd class
gunboat
in service from
1870
to
1908
.
The thirteenth
Comet
was an Indian paddle boat in service in the 1880s.
The fourteenth
Comet
was a
destroyer
launched in
1910
and sunk by an
Austrian
submarine
in
1918
.
The fifteenth
Comet
was a
destroyer
launched in
1931
, renamed
Restigouche
in
1938
, and broken up in
1946
.
The sixteenth
Comet
was a
destroyer
in service from
1944
to
1962
.
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