Maritime History

German auxiliary cruiser Komet

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.

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See also

• ▸Ice Boat No. 3
• ▸Hera (space mission)
• ▸Dutch sloop Havik

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