| Name: | COMET |
| Launched: | 19/10/1876 |
| Completed: | 12/1876 |
| Builder: | John & Marcus Gunn & Co, Cardiff |
| Yard Number: | |
| Dimensions: | 132grt, 24nrt, 106.7 x 19.4 x 9.8ft |
| Engines: | 2 x L1cyl (28 x 48ins), 56nhp, 500ihp |
| Engines By: | John & Marcus Gunn & Co, Cardiff |
| Propulsion: | Paddle |
| Construction: | Iron |
| Reg Number: | 74712 |
| History: | |
| 1896 | Star Tug Co, Great Yarmouth; registered at Great Yarmouth |
| 1880 | Great Yarmouth Star Steam Tug Co Ltd, Great Yarmouth |
| 1880 | Joseph Corkhill, Bootle; registered at Liverpool |
| 1882 | Ralph M Hudson & Son, Sunderland; registered at Sunderland |
| 1889 | William H Thompson, Sunderland |
| 05/1897 | Lawson Steam Tug Boat Co Ltd, South Shields |
| 1900 | Registered at South Shields |
| 06/1920 | Transferred to Lawson-Batey Tugs Ltd |
| 04/1952 | Transferred to Blyth Tug Company Ltd |
| 03/1953 | Broken up |
| Comments: | 04/1952: Cost £1,650 |
| 03/1953: Sold to the British Iron & Steel Corporation for £950 | |
| Allocated to Clayton & Davie Ltd at Dunston for breaking up |
Above photo of COMET at Scarborough courtesy of Robert Amess
Above photo of COMET at Scarborough courtesy of Alan Todd
Above photo of COMET off South Shields is copyright of South Shields Libraries
Above photo of COMET & others assisting THUNDERER into Blyth is courtesy of Photoship
Above photo courtesy of Alan Hughes
Above photo courtesy of Alan Hughes
Above photo courtesy of Eddie Frost
Above photo courtesy of Julia Northam