HMS Comet (1910): Difference between revisions
m Bot: Migrating 1 interwiki links, now provided by Wikidata on d:q5631930 |
fixed a typo and improved phrasing |
||
| Line 49: | Line 49: | ||
'''HMS ''Comet''''' was an ''Acorn class'' destroyer of the [[Royal Navy]] that saw active service in the [[First World War]]. She was built under the 1909–1910 programme by [[Fairfield Shipbuilding & Engineering Company]] in [[Govan]]. She was launched on 23 June 1910 and lost after a collision while under tow on 6 August 1918 in the [[Mediterranean]]. Initially it was believed that she was torpedoed and sunk by an Austrian [[U-boat]], but this was dismissed since no submarine claimed her sinking.<ref>[http://uboat.net/wwi/ships_hit/1389.html Ships hit during WWI] U-boat.net</ref> |
'''HMS ''Comet''''' was an ''Acorn class'' destroyer of the [[Royal Navy]] that saw active service in the [[First World War]]. She was built under the 1909–1910 programme by [[Fairfield Shipbuilding & Engineering Company]] in [[Govan]]. She was launched on 23 June 1910 and lost after a collision while under tow on 6 August 1918 in the [[Mediterranean]]. Initially it was believed that she was torpedoed and sunk by an Austrian [[U-boat]], but this was dismissed since no submarine claimed her sinking.<ref>[http://uboat.net/wwi/ships_hit/1389.html Ships hit during WWI] U-boat.net</ref> |
||
The ''Acorn'' class marked a return to oil-firing as pioneered in the [[Tribal class destroyer (1905)|Tribal or F class]] of 1905 and {{HMS|Swift|1907|6}} of 1907. This change allowed a generally smaller vessel than the ''Beagles'' even with an increase in armament. The ''Comet'' was built to an individual design by Fairfield Shipbuilding although the ''Acorns'' had a more-or-less uniform appearance, with three funnels, a tall, thin fore funnel, a short, thick central and a short narrow after stack. ''Comet'' had two 4-inch guns on the [[fo'c'sle]] and on the [[quarterdeck]]. The 12-pounder guns were amidships, on |
The ''Acorn'' class marked a return to oil-firing as pioneered in the [[Tribal class destroyer (1905)|Tribal or F class]] of 1905 and {{HMS|Swift|1907|6}} of 1907. This change allowed a generally smaller vessel than the ''Beagles'' even with an increase in armament. The ''Comet'' was built to an individual design by Fairfield Shipbuilding although the ''Acorns'' had a more-or-less uniform appearance, with three funnels, a tall, thin fore funnel, a short, thick central and a short narrow after stack. ''Comet'' had two 4-inch guns on the [[fo'c'sle]] and on the [[quarterdeck]]. The 12-pounder guns were amidships, one on each side between the first pair of funnels, and the [[torpedo]] tubes were abaft the funnels, mounted singly with a searchlight position between them. |
||
== References == |
== References == |
||
Revision as of 22:13, 29 June 2013
_IWM_Q_021108.jpg) HMS Comet, c. 1914–1918
| |
| History | |
|---|---|
| United Kingdom | |
| Name | HMS Comet |
| Builder | Fairfield Shipbuilding & Engineering Company, Govan |
| Launched | 23 June 1910 |
| Fate | Sunk in collision, 6 August 1918 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Acorn class |
| Type | Destroyer |
| Displacement | 730 to 780 tons |
| Length | 246 ft 6 in (75.13 m) |
| Beam | 25 ft 6 in (7.77 m) |
| Draught | 7 ft (2.1 m)–10 ft (3.0 m) |
| Propulsion | list error: <br /> list (help) Oil-fired boilers 3 shaft steam turbines 13,500 shp |
| Speed | 27 knots (50 km/h) |
| Range | 170 tons oil |
| Complement | 72 |
| Armament | list error: <br /> list (help) 2 × BL 4-inch (101.6 mm) L/40 Mark VIII guns, mounting P Mark V 2 × QF 12 pdr 12 cwt Mark I mounting P Mark I 2 × 21 in (530 mm) torpedo tubes |
HMS Comet was an Acorn class destroyer of the Royal Navy that saw active service in the First World War. She was built under the 1909–1910 programme by Fairfield Shipbuilding & Engineering Company in Govan. She was launched on 23 June 1910 and lost after a collision while under tow on 6 August 1918 in the Mediterranean. Initially it was believed that she was torpedoed and sunk by an Austrian U-boat, but this was dismissed since no submarine claimed her sinking.[1]
The Acorn class marked a return to oil-firing as pioneered in the Tribal or F class of 1905 and HMS Swift of 1907. This change allowed a generally smaller vessel than the Beagles even with an increase in armament. The Comet was built to an individual design by Fairfield Shipbuilding although the Acorns had a more-or-less uniform appearance, with three funnels, a tall, thin fore funnel, a short, thick central and a short narrow after stack. Comet had two 4-inch guns on the fo'c'sle and on the quarterdeck. The 12-pounder guns were amidships, one on each side between the first pair of funnels, and the torpedo tubes were abaft the funnels, mounted singly with a searchlight position between them.
References
- ^ Ships hit during WWI U-boat.net
- Cocker, Maurice (1983). Destroyers of the Royal Navy, 1893–1981. Ian Allan. ISBN 0-7110-1075-7.
 | This article about a specific destroyer of the United Kingdom is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
 Royal Navy | |
|---|---|
 Imperial Japanese Navy | |
| |