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)
Nickname(s)	HSK-7 Schiff-45 Raider B
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
Armament	6 × 15 cm (5.9 in) SK L/45 1 × 75 mm (3 in) 1 × 3.7 cm (1.5 in) SK C/30 4 × 2 cm (0.79 in) C/30 AA guns 6 × 53.3 cm torpedo tubes 30 × EMC mines
Aircraft carried	2 Arado Ar 196 A-1

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.^[1] Known to the Kriegsmarine as Schiff 45,^[2] 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.