Comet (ship)
Many vessels have been named Comet, after the astronomical object comet.
- Comeet was the Dutch brig Komeet the British Royal Navy captured in 1795, renamed HMS Penguin later that year or early the next, and sold in 1809.
- Comet was launched at Topsham in 1800. The British Royal Navy purchased her in 1804, renamed her HMS Spy, and sold her in 1813. She then returned to mercantile service as Comet and was last listed in 1829.
- Comet was an American brig used in the coastwise slave trade that was blown into Bermuda in 1831; the British seized her and liberated the slaves she was carrying.
- Comet was an iron paddle boat that Lairds built in 1839 for the British East India Company's marine service.
- Comet (clipper) was a clipper ship launched in 1851 that was wrecked in 1865.
See also
- HMS Comet, several ships of the British Royal Navy
- SMS Comet, an Imperial German Navy aviso (dispatch boat)
- SS Comet, several steamships
- USS Comet, several ships of the United States Navy
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