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HMS Comet (R26)

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Name
  
HMS Comet

Commissioned
  
6 June 1945

Construction started
  
14 June 1943

Draft
  
3.58 m

Laid down
  
14 June 1943

Class and type
  
C-class destroyer

Launched
  
22 June 1944

Builder
  
Yarrow Shipbuilders

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Identification
  
Pennant number R26 (later D26)

Fate
  
Arrived for breaking up at Troon on 23 June 1962

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.

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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. She was given an interim modernization and was fitted for minelaying. She then served as part of the 6th Destroyer Squadron in the Home Fleet between 1953 and 1957.

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.

Publications

  • Colledge, J. J.; Warlow, Ben (2006) [1969]. Ships of the Royal Navy: The Complete Record of all Fighting Ships of the Royal Navy (Rev. ed.). London: Chatham Publishing. ISBN 978-1-86176-281-8. OCLC 67375475. 
  • Marriott, Leo (1989). Royal Navy Destroyers Since 1945. Ian Allen Ltd. ISBN 0-7110-1817-0. 
  • Raven, Alan; Roberts, John (1978). War Built Destroyers O to Z Classes. London: Bivouac Books. ISBN 0-85680-010-4. 
  • Whitley, M. J. (1988). Destroyers of World War 2. Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press. ISBN 0-87021-326-1. 

    • References

    HMS Comet (R26) Wikipedia
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