HMS Comet
Name | HMS Comet |
Type | Destroyer
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GRT | 747 tons |
Country | British |
Built | 1910
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Builder | Fairfield SB. & Eng. Co., Ltd., Glasgow
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Operator | Royal Navy
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History |
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U-boat attacks on Destroyer Comet
| Date | U-boat | Loss type | Position | Location | Route | Cargo | Casualties |
1 | 6 Aug 1918 | | Sunk | Sunk after a large explosion while under tow after collision damage.
| 36° 29'N, 15° 45'E
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| 6
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| Though thought to have been torpedoed, no submarine claimed the sinking.
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Position of attack on Comet
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