Navy | The Royal Navy |
Type | Destroyer |
Class | Co |
Pennant | R 26 |
Built by | Yarrow Shipbuilders Ltd. (Scotstoun, Scotland) |
Ordered | 12 Sep 1942 |
Laid down | 14 Jun 1943 |
Launched | 22 Jun 1944 |
Commissioned | 6 Jun 1945 |
End service | |
History | Scrapped at Troon in November 1962 |
Commands listed for HMS Comet (R 26)
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Commander | From | To | |
1 | Lt.Cdr. William Wentworth Fitzroy, RN | 26 Feb 1945 | 30 Oct 1946 |
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Notable events involving Comet include:
20 Jun 1945
HMS Sea Devil (Lt. D.W. Mills, DSC, RN) conducted A/S exercises at Scapa Flow with HMS Myngs (Capt. P.G.L. Cazalet, DSC, RN) and HMS Comet (Lt.Cdr. W.W. Fitzroy, RN). (1)
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Sources
- ADM 173/19596
ADM numbers indicate documents at the British National Archives at Kew, London.
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