Dutch brig Komeet (1789)

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

His Majesty's Brig Penguin
History
Dutch Navy Ensign Batavian Navy EnsignDutch Republic & Batavian Republic
NameKomeet
BuilderAmsterdam
Launched1789
Captured1795
Great Britain
NameComeet
Acquired1795 by capture
CommissionedMay 1796
Out of servicePaid off to ordinary in 1806
RenamedHMS Penguin (1798)
FateSold 1808
General characteristics [1][2]
TypeBrig
Tons burthen33626⁄94 (bm)
Length
  • Overall
    • Dutch: 100'[a]
    • British:92 ft 9+1⁄8 in (28.3 m)
  • Keel:73 ft 3+7⁄8 in (22.3 m)
Beam
  • Dutch:32'
  • British:29 ft 4+3⁄8 in (9.0 m)
Depth of hold
  • Dutch:17'9⁄11
  • British:16 ft 4+1⁄2 in (5.0 m)
PropulsionSails
Complement
  • Dutch service:110
  • British service:125
Armament
  • Dutch service: 18 × English 9-pounder guns
  • British service: 14 × 9-pounder guns + 2 × 18-pounder carronades

The Dutch brig Komeet was launched in 1789 at Amsterdam. HMS Unicorn captured her on the Irish station in 1795. The British Royal Navy took her into service as HMS Comeet; it renamed her HMS Penguin in 1798. It sold her in 1808.

  1. ^ Winfield (2008), pp. 279–90.
  2. ^ van Maanen (2008), p. 22.


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