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==Service==
==Service==
Commissioned at Portsmouth on 2 June, 1932 for duty with the {{UK-DF|2}} in the Home Fleet.{{NLJul34|p. 223}}
Re-commissioned at Chatham on 31 August, 1934 for service with the {{UK-DF|2}} in the Home Fleet.{{NLOct35|p. 223}}
Re-commissioned at Chatham on 29 December, 1936 for service in the Mediterranean.{{NLJul37|p. 224}}


==Captains==
==Captains==
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Thomas Andrew Hussey|nick=Thomas A. Hussey|appt=8 February, 1932{{NLJan33|p. 223}}|end=}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Thomas Andrew Hussey|nick=Thomas A. Hussey|appt=8 February, 1932{{NLJan33|p. 223}}{{NavAppts|Wednesday, January 27, 1932, Issue 46041, p.6}}|end=27 December, 1933<ref>Hussey Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/120/150.|}} f. 150.</ref>|precBy=New Command}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Michael Wentworth Ewart-Wentworth|nick=Michael W. Ewart-Wentworth|appt=27 December, 1933{{NLOct35|p. 223}}|end=}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=John Franklin William Hine|nick=John F. W. Hine|appt=29 December, 1936{{NLJul37|p. 224}}|end=}}
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Latest revision as of 15:26, 15 July 2021

H.M.S. Comet (1931)
Builder: Portsmouth Royal Dockyard
Launched: 30 Sep, 1931[1]
Commissioned: 2 Jun, 1932[2]
Broken up: 1946[3]

H.M.S. Comet was one of fourteen "C" and "D" Class destroyers completed for the Royal Navy.

Service

Commissioned at Portsmouth on 2 June, 1932 for duty with the Second Destroyer Flotilla in the Home Fleet.[4]

Re-commissioned at Chatham on 31 August, 1934 for service with the Second Destroyer Flotilla in the Home Fleet.[5]

Re-commissioned at Chatham on 29 December, 1936 for service in the Mediterranean.[6]

Captains

See Also

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922–1946. p. 38.
  2. ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1933). p. 223.
  3. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922–1946. p. 38.
  4. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1934). p. 223.
  5. ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1935). p. 223.
  6. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1937). p. 224.
  7. ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1933). p. 223.
  8. ↑ "Naval Appointments." The Times (London, England), Wednesday, January 27, 1932, Issue 46041, p.6.
  9. ↑ Hussey Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/120/150. f. 150.
  10. ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1935). p. 223.
  11. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1937). p. 224.


"C" and "D" Class Destroyer
"C" Class Leader
  Kempenfelt  
Destroyers
  Comet Crescent Crusader Cygnet  
"D" Class Leader
  Duncan  
Destroyers
  Dainty Daring Decoy Defender  
  Delight Diamond Diana Duchess  
<– "A" and "B" Class Destroyers (UK) "E" and "F" Class –>


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