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HMS Comus (R43)

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Name
  
HMS Comus

Commissioned
  
8 July 1946

Fate
  
Scrapped

Launched
  
14 March 1945

Builder
  
Yarrow Shipbuilders

Laid down
  
21 August 1943

Homeport
  
Portsmouth

Construction started
  
21 August 1943

Draft
  
3.58 m

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Identification
  
Pennant number R43 (later D20)

HMS Comus was a C-class destroyer of the Royal Navy, built by Yarrow at Scotstoun. She was launched on 24 August 1943 and commissioned on 20 December 1946.

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Operational service

Comus served in the Far East between 1947 and 1957 as part of the 8th Destroyer Squadron.

On Tuesday, August 22, 1950, engaged in the Korean War, it is damaged in the Yellow Sea by two Ilyushin Il-10 North Koreans.

In 1955 she was engaged in the bombardment of Communist forces as part of the Malayan Emergency.

Decommissioning and disposal

Comus was withdrawn from active service and listed for disposal in 1955. Following her sale Comus arrived at the breakers yard of John Cashmore Ltd for scrapping at Newport, Wales on 12 November 1958.

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. 

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