German auxiliary cruiser Komet
Komet c. 1941 | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| Germany | |
| Name | Komet |
| Namesake | Comet |
| Operator | Norddeutscher Lloyd |
| Builder | Deschimag A.G. Weser |
| Launched | 16 January 1937 |
| Christened | Ems |
| Homeport | Bremen |
| Fate | Requisitioned by Kriegsmarine, 1939 |
| Nazi Germany | |
| Name | Komet |
| Namesake | Comet |
| Operator | Kriegsmarine |
| Builder | Howaldtswerke, Hamburg (conversion) |
| Yard number | 7 |
| Acquired | 1939 |
| Commissioned | 2 June 1940 |
| Renamed | Komet (1940) |
| Reclassified | Auxiliary cruiser (1940) |
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| Fate | Sunk on 14 October 1942 after hit by a torpedo near Cap de la Hague. |
| General characteristics | |
| Tonnage | 3,287 GRT |
| Displacement | 7,500 tons |
| Length | 115.5 m (379 ft) |
| Beam | 15.3 m (50 ft) |
| Draught | 6.5 m (21 ft) |
| Propulsion | 2 Diesel engines |
| Speed | 16 knots (30 km/h; 18 mph) |
| Range | 35,100 nautical miles (65,000 km) |
| Complement | 274 |
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| Aircraft carried | 2 Arado Ar 196 A-1 |
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Komet (German for comet) (HSK-7) was an auxiliary cruiser of Nazi Germany's Kriegsmarine in the Second World War, intended for service as a commerce raider. Known to the Kriegsmarine as Schiff 45, to the Royal Navy she was named Raider B.
After completing one successful raid in the South Pacific, she was sunk by a British motor torpedo boat in October 1942 whilst attempting to break out into the Atlantic on another.