HMS Comet (H00)

History
Restigouche in original configuration with four 4.7-inch guns, tall second funnel and AA gun between the funnels
United Kingdom
Name:	Comet
Ordered:	15 July 1930
Builder:	Portsmouth Dockyard
Laid down:	12 September 1930
Launched:	30 September 1931
Completed:	2 June 1932
Identification:	Pennant number: H00
Motto:	Follow the Light
Fate:	Transferred to the Royal Canadian Navy and renamed Restigouche, 11 June 1938
Badge:	On a Field Black, a Comet Silver
Canada
Name:	Restigouche
Namesake:	Restigouche River
Commissioned:	11 June 1938
Decommissioned:	6 October 1945
Identification:	Pennant number: H00
Honours and awards:	Atlantic 1939–45, North Sea 1940, Mediterranean 1943, Normandy 1944, Biscay 1944
Fate:	Scrapped, 1946
General characteristics as built
Class and type:	C-class destroyer
Displacement:	1,375 long tons (1,397 t) (standard) 1,865 long tons (1,895 t) (deep)
Length:	329 ft (100.3 m) o/a
Beam:	33 ft (10.1 m)
Draught:	12 ft 6 in (3.8 m)
Installed power:	36,000 shp (27,000 kW)
Propulsion:	2 × shafts 2 × Parsons geared steam turbines 3 × Admiralty 3-drum boilers
Speed:	36 knots (67 km/h; 41 mph)
Range:	5,500 nmi (10,200 km; 6,300 mi) at 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph)
Complement:	145
Armament:	4 × 1 – QF 4.7-inch Mk IX guns 1 × 1 – QF 3-inch 20 cwt anti-aircraft gun 2 × 1 – QF 2-pounder Mk II AA guns 2 × 4 – 21-inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes 6 × depth charges, 3 chutes

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.

Comet displaced 1,375 long tons (1,397 t) at standard load and 1,865 long tons (1,895 t) at deep load. The ship had an overall length of 329 feet (100.3 m), a beam of 33 feet (10.1 m) and a draught of 12 feet 6 inches (3.8 m). She was powered by Parsons geared steam turbines, driving two shafts, which developed a total of 36,000 shaft horsepower (27,000 kW) and gave a maximum speed of 36 knots (67 km/h; 41 mph). Steam for the turbines was provided by three Admiralty 3-drum water-tube boilers. Comet carried a maximum of 473 long tons (481 t) of fuel oil that gave her a range of 5,500 nautical miles (10,200 km; 6,300 mi) at 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph). The ship's complement was 145 officers and men.

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