HMS Comet (H00)

For other ships with the same name, see HMS Comet and HMCS Restigouche.

Restigouche in original configuration with four 4.7-inch guns, tall second funnel and AA gun between the funnels
History
United Kingdom
NameComet
Ordered15 July 1930
BuilderPortsmouth Dockyard
Laid down12 September 1930
Launched30 September 1931
Completed2 June 1932
IdentificationPennant number: H00
MottoFollow the Light
FateTransferred to the Royal Canadian Navy and renamed Restigouche, 11 June 1938
BadgeOn a Field Black, a Comet Silver
Canada
NameRestigouche
NamesakeRestigouche River
Commissioned11 June 1938
Decommissioned6 October 1945
IdentificationPennant number: H00
Honours and
awards		Atlantic 1939–45, North Sea 1940, Mediterranean 1943, Normandy 1944, Biscay 1944
FateScrapped, 1946
General characteristics as built
Class and typeC-class destroyer
Displacement
  • 1,375 long tons (1,397 t) (standard)
  • 1,865 long tons (1,895 t) (deep)
Length329 ft (100.3 m) o/a
Beam33 ft (10.1 m)
Draught12 ft 6 in (3.8 m)
Installed power36,000 shp (27,000 kW)
Propulsion
Speed36 knots (67 km/h; 41 mph)
Range5,500 nmi (10,200 km; 6,300 mi) at 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph)
Complement145
Armament

HMS Comet was a C-class destroyer built for the Royal Navy in the early 1930s. She saw service in the Home and Mediterranean Fleets and the ship spent six months during the Spanish Civil War in late 1936 in Spanish waters, enforcing the arms blockade imposed by Britain and France on both sides of the conflict. Comet transferred to the Royal Canadian Navy (RCN) in 1938 and renamed HMCS Restigouche. During World War II, she served as a convoy escort in the battle of the Atlantic, on anti-submarine patrols during the invasion of Normandy, and was employed as a troop transport after VE Day for returning Canadian servicemen, before being decommissioned in late 1945. Restigouche was sold for scrap in 1946.