HMS Comet (1910)

	Comet
History
United Kingdom
Name	Comet
Namesake	Great January Comet of 1910
Builder	Fairfield Shipbuilding & Engineering Company, Govan
Laid down	1 February 1910
Launched	23 June 1910
Completed	June 1911
Fate	Sunk in collision, 6 August 1918
General characteristics
Class and type	Acorn-class destroyer
Displacement	772 long tons (784 t)
Length	246 ft (75 m)
Beam	25 ft 5 in (7.7 m)
Draught	8 ft 6 in (2.6 m)
Installed power	4 Yarrow boilers; 13,500 shp (10,100 kW);
Propulsion	3 shafts; 1 steam turbine
Speed	27 knots (50 km/h; 31 mph)
Range	1,540 nmi (2,850 km; 1,770 mi) at 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph)
Complement	72
Armament	2 × 4 in (102 mm) guns; 2 × 12 pdr (3 in (76 mm) gun; 2 × 21 in (533 mm) torpedo tubes;

HMS Comet was one of 20 Acorn-class destroyers built for the Royal Navy in the 1910s. Completed in 1911 she saw active service in the First World War.

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