The flotilla was deployed on 17 March to support Captain Eduard von Jachmann's corvettes at the Battle of Jasmund, but the gunboats were only lightly engaged. Jachmann had ordered them to take up a position closer to land to cover a potential withdrawal, and so they were too far to take part in the main action. Nevertheless, as the Danish steam frigate arrived to reinforce the main squadron, "Comet" and the other gunboats fired on her from afar. "Tordenskjold"s commander ignored the gunboats and continued south to join the fight with Jachmann's corvettes, firing only a few broadsides at the gunboats in passing, with neither side scoring any hits. On 14 April, after a minor action off the island of Hiddensee, in which "Comet" did not take part, the Prussian gunboat flotilla was reduced to a reserve formation and took no further active part in the war. On 19 April, "Comet" collided with the aviso , but neither vessel was damaged. In August, "Comet" helped to free the aviso , which had run aground in the Trave. With the Prussian victory in October, "Comet" took part in a naval review held for King Wilhelm I, followed by a tour of ports in Holstein with now "Konteradmiral" (Rear Admiral) Jachmann.