 Comet in port, date unknown
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| History | |
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 German Empire | |
| Name | SMS Comet |
| Builder | AG Vulcan |
| Laid down | November 1891 |
| Launched | 15 November 1892 |
| Commissioned | 29 April 1893 |
| Fate | Scrapped, 1921 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Meteor-class aviso |
| Displacement | |
| Length | 79.86 m (262 ft 0 in) o/a |
| Beam | 9.56 m (31 ft 4 in) |
| Draft | 3.68 m (12 ft 1 in) |
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| Propulsion | |
| Speed | 19.5 knots (36.1 km/h; 22.4 mph) |
| Range | 960 nmi (1,780 km; 1,100 mi) at 9 kn (17 km/h; 10 mph) |
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SMS Comet was an aviso of the German Kaiserliche Marine (Imperial Navy) built in the early 1890s, second and final member of the Meteor class that include one other vessel, Meteor. Intended to screen the main fleet against attacking torpedo boats, Comet was armed with a battery of four 8.8 cm (3.5 in) guns. Her design suffered from several defects, including excessive vibration and poor handling in heavy seas, both of which could not be corrected. These problems limited the ship's career to several periods of sea trials as the navy attempted to remedy the problems that plagued the ship. They had no success, and Comet was instead decommissioned in mid-1896 and was later converted into a storage hulk for naval mines. She was ultimately broken up in 1921.