HMS Comet (1910)
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For other ships with the same name, see HMS Comet.
HMS Comet was one of 20 Acorn-class destroyers built for the Royal Navy in the 1910s. Completed in 1911 she saw active service in the First World War.
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Name | Comet |
Namesake | Great January Comet of 1910 |
Builder | Fairfield Shipbuilding & Engineering Company, Govan |
Laid down | 1 February 1910 |
Launched | 23 June 1910 |
Completed | June 1911 |
Fate | Sunk in collision, 6 August 1918 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Acorn-class destroyer |
Displacement | 772 long tons (784 t) |
Length | 246 ft (75 m) |
Beam | 25 ft 5 in (7.7 m) |
Draught | 8 ft 6 in (2.6 m) |
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Propulsion | 3 shafts; 1 steam turbine |
Speed | 27 knots (50 km/h; 31 mph) |
Range | 1,540 nmi (2,850 km; 1,770 mi) at 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph) |
Complement | 72 |
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