Comet (1810 schooner)

	Hibernia engaging Comet, 1814
History
United States
Name	Comet
Owner	William Furlong and Thorndike Chase
Builder	Thomas Kemp
Completed	1810
Acquired	1812
In service	29 June 1812
General characteristics
Type	Schooner
Tonnage	187
Length	90 ft 6 in (27.58 m); 68 ft 0 in (20.73 m) (keel);
Beam	23 ft 6 in (7.16 m)
Depth of hold	10 ft 0 in (3.05 m)
Sail plan	Schooner-rigged
Complement	120
Armament	2 x 9-pounder guns + 10 x 12-pounder carronades in 1810 ; 2 x 9-pounder guns + 12 x 12-pounder carronades in 1812;

Comet, an American schooner, was built in 1810 at Baltimore, Maryland. She was owned by "a group of wealthy Baltimore investors." Under Captain Thomas Boyle, who was a part owner of the schooner, Comet sailed from July 1812 to March 1814 as a privateer, which was a type of ships licensed by the United States during the War of 1812 to harass the British merchant vessels and divest their cargoes.

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