| Navy | The Royal Navy |
| Type | MS Trawler |
| Class | [No specific class] |
| Pennant | |
| Built by | Smiths Dock Co., Ltd. (South Bank-on-Tees, U.K.) |
| Ordered | |
| Laid down | |
| Launched | 7 Mar 1924 |
| Commissioned | Sep 1939 |
| Lost | 30 Sep 1940 |
| History | Completed in March 1924 as Tamura. HMS Comet (Lt.Cdr. Sidney Richard James Woods, RNR) was mined and sunk off Falmouth on 30 September 1940. |
Commands listed for HMS Comet
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| Commander | From | To | ||
| 1 | Lt.Cdr. William Richmond Fell, OBE, RN | 24 Sep 1939 | ||
| 2 | T/Lt. John Coade Grose, RNR | 24 Apr 1940 | May 1940 | |
| 3 | Lt.Cdr. Sidney Richard James Woods, RNR | May 1940 | 30 Sep 1940 | |
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Notable events involving Comet include:
2 Oct 1939
HMS H 33 (Lt.Cdr. L.J. Caldwell, RN) departed Plymouth for her 1st war patrol. She is to patrol off the west coast of Ireland with special service trawler HMS Tamura (later to be named HMS Comet, Lt.Cdr. W.R. Fell, RN).
For the daily positions of HMS H 33 during this patrol see the map below. (HMS Tamura was operating very near to HMS H 33).
(1)
8 Oct 1939
HMS H 33 (Lt.Cdr. L.J. Caldwell, RN) departed Plymouth to resume her 1st war patrol with special service trawler HMS Tamura (later to be named HMS Comet, Lt.Cdr. W.R. Fell, RN). (1)
12 Jan 1940
HMS H 43 (Lt.Cdr. W.R. Fell, RN) departed Plymouth for her 2nd war patrol. She is to patrol off the west coast of Ireland with special service trawler HMS Tamura (later to be named HMS Comet).
For the daily positions of HMS H 43 during this patrol see the map below.
(2)
25 Feb 1940
HMS H 33 shifted from Portland to Plymouth. She was escorted by HMS Tamura (later to be named HMS Comet). (3)
27 Feb 1940
HMS H 43 (Lt.Cdr. L.StG. Rich, RN) departed Plymouth for her 3rd war patrol. She is to patrol off the west coast of Ireland with special service trawler HMS Tamura (later to be named HMS Comet, Lt.Cdr. W.R. Fell, RN).
For the daily positions of HMS H 43 during this patrol see the map below.
(2)
20 Mar 1940
HMS H 33 (Lt. G.C.I.St B.S. Watkins, RN) departed Plymouth for her 2nd war patrol. She is ordered to patrol off the west coast of Ireland with HMS Comet.
For the daily positions of HMS H 33 during this patrol see the map below. (HMS Comet was operating very near to HMS H 33).
(1)
Sources
- ADM 199/1828
- ADM 199/1829
- ADM 173/16293
ADM numbers indicate documents at the British National Archives at Kew, London.