Empire Comet
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| Name | Empire Comet | ||
| Type: | Motor merchant | ||
| Tonnage | 6.914 tons | ||
| Completed | 1941 - Lithgows Ltd, Port Glasgow | ||
| Owner | Dodd, Thomson & Co Ltd, London | ||
| Homeport | London | ||
| Date of attack | 17 Feb, 1942 | Nationality:  British | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-136 (Heinrich Zimmermann) | ||
| Position | 58.15N, 17.10W - Grid AM 1811 - See location on a map - | ||
| Complement | 46 (46 dead - no survivors) | ||
| Convoy | HX-174 (straggler) | ||
| Route | Bombay (12 Nov) - Table Bay (16 Dec) - Halifax (7 Feb) - Manchester | ||
| Cargo | 8672 tons of general cargo, including manganese ore, linseed, tea and groundnuts | ||
| History | Built for Ministry of War Transport (MoWT) | ||
| Notes on loss | At 22.17 hours on 17 Feb, 1942, the Empire Comet (Master Hector Raymond Willis), a straggler from convoy HX-174, was torpedoed and sunk by U-136 west of Rockall. The master, 37 crew members and eight gunners were lost. | ||
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