HMS Comet (R26)

For other ships of the same name, see HMS Comet.
HMS Comet, 19 September 1945
History
United Kingdom
Name: HMS Comet
Builder: Yarrow, Scotstoun
Laid down: 14 June 1943
Launched: 22 June 1944
Commissioned: 6 June 1945
Identification: Pennant number: R26 (later D26)
Fate: Arrived for breaking up at Troon on 23 June 1962
General characteristics
Class & type: C-class destroyer
Displacement:
  • 1,885 tons (1,915 tonnes)
  • 2,545 tons full (2,585 tonnes)
Length: 362.75 ft (110.57 m) o/a
Beam: 35.75 ft (10.90 m)
Draught: 11.75 ft (3.58 m)
Propulsion:
  • 2 Admiralty 3-drum boilers,
  • Parsons single-reduction geared steam turbines,
  • 40,000 shp (30 MW), 2 shafts
Speed: 36 knots (67 km/h) / 32 knots (59 km/h) full
Range:
  • 4,675 nmi (8,658 km) at 20 knots (37 km/h)
  • 1,400 nmi (2,600 km) at 32 knots (59 km/h)
Complement: 186
Sensors and
processing systems:
Radar Type 275 fire control on director Mk.VI
Armament:

HMS Comet was a C-class destroyer of the Royal Navy, built by Yarrow at Scotstoun. She was launched on 22 June 1944 and commissioned on 6 June 1945.

Operational service

On commissioning Comet served as part of the 8th Destroyer Squadron in the Far East. She returned to the UK for a refit in 1948.[1] She was given an interim modernization and was fitted for minelaying.[2] She then served as part of the 6th Destroyer Squadron in the Home Fleet between 1953 and 1957.[3]

Decommissioning and disposal

Comet was paid off in February 1958. Following her sale she arrived at the breakers yard for scrapping at Troon on 23 October 1962.

References

  1. ↑ Marriott, Leo (1989). Royal Navy Destroyers Since 1945. Ian Allen Ltd. p. 65.
  2. ↑ Marriott, 1989. p.66
  3. ↑ Critchley, Mike (1982). British Warships Since 1945: Part 3: Destroyers. Liskeard, UK: Maritime Books. p. 102. ISBN 0-9506323-9-2.

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