page_title: German auxiliary cruiser Komet
hierarchical_section_title: German auxiliary cruiser Komet
caption_attribution_description: English: AWM caption&#160;: "THE GERMAN RAIDER "KOMET" WHICH OPERATED WITH SUCCESS IN THE PACIFIC OCEAN (WHERE SHE SANK ALLIED MERCHANT SHIPPING AND SHELLED THE PHOSPHATE LOADING PLANT AT NAURU), AND IN THE INDIAN OCEAN AND THE GALAPAGOS ISLANDS. THE "KOMET", STARTING A SECOND CRUISE IN 1942-10, AFTER HER RETURN TO GERMANY, WAS SUNK BY BRITISH DESTROYERS OFF CAPE DE LA HAGUE."
context_page_description: Komet 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 British motor torpedo boats in October 1942 whilst attempting to break out into the Atlantic on another.
context_section_description: 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 British motor torpedo boats in October 1942 whilst attempting to break out into the Atlantic on another.
caption: Komet c. 1941
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