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Dutch brig Komeet (1789)
The Dutch brig ''Komeet'' was launched in 1789 at Amsterdam. captured her on the Irish station in 1795. The British Royal Navy renamed HMS ''Comeet'' to HMS Penguin in 1798. She was sold in 1809.
==Dutch service==
In 1791 ''Komeet'' sailed to Cape of Good Hope, in company with the Dutch naval corvette ''Scipio'', leaving on 17 December 1791. ''Scipio'' arrived on 27 March 1792 and ''Komeet'' arrived on 4 April.〔Sicking ''et al.'' (2004), p.96.〕
In May 1795, ''Komeet'', under the command of Captain-Lieutenant Mynheer Claris, and ''Scipio'', under the command of de Jong, set out with a convoy of nine East Indiamen for Europe. The problem was that France had occupied the Dutch Republic and its successor the Batavian Republic was now a French ally and thus an enemy of Great Britain. The Dutch captains decided to sail via the Shetland Islands to ports in then-neutral Norway.〔
On 28 August 1795, the convoy encountered ''Unicorn'', in company with and . ''Unicorn'' captured the Dutch East Indiaman ''Cromhout'' or ''Crumhout''. The ''Cromhout''s capture resulted in at least £40,000 in prize money to be distributed among her captors. Then ''Unicorn'' parted company with the rest of the squadron and after a chase of 13 hours captured ''Komeet''. Captain Thomas Williams of ''Unicorn'' described her as ''a remarkably fine vessel, only four years old, sails extremely well''. She was armed with 18 English 9-pounder guns and was provisioned with water and food for 110 men for a nine-month cruise. The Royal Navy took her into service as ''Comeet''. ''Scipio'' and the remaining seven Indiamen reached neutral Norway.
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