HMS Comus
Introduction Five ships of the Royal Navy have been named '''HMS ''Comus''''', after the Greek god of festivity, revels and nocturnal dalliances: *  was a 22-gun post ship launched in 1806 and wrecked in 1816. * HMS ''Comus'' was an 18-gun sloop launched in 1828 as . She was renamed HMS ''Comus'' in 1832 and was broken up in 1862. *  was a  screw corvette launched in 1878 and sold in 1904. *  was a  light cruiser launched in 1914 and sold in 1934. *  was a  destroyer launched in 1945.She was scrapped in 1958.Also:* The British privateer ''Comus'', on 7 December 1800, captured a French chasse maree armed with three 3-pounder guns and carrying a cargo of hides. The next day, after an eight-hour chase, ''Comus'' captured the French letter of marque brig ''Rocou'', which was pierced for 14 guns but armed with twelve 6 and 2-pounder guns, carrying cotton and rice from Cayenne to Bordeaux. ''Comus'' sent the brig into Guernsey and the chasse maree into Jersey. ''Comus'' herself was a small lugger of 32 tons burthen, armed with six 6-pounder guns and carrying a crew of 30 men.
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