| Name | Comet | Explanation |
| Type | Sloop |
| |
| Launched | 11 August 1828 |
| Hull | Wooden |
| Propulsion | Sail |
| Builders measure | 462 tons |
| Displacement | |
| Guns | 18 |
| Fate | 1862 |
| Class | |
| Ships book | |
| Note | 1832 = Comus |
| Snippets concerning this vessels career |
| Date | Event |
| 1832 | Renamed Comus |
9 May 1839
- 1841 | Commanded by Commander Evan Nepean, West Indies |
January 1842
- May 1842 | Commanded by Acting Commander George Evan Davis, West Indies |
| (January 1843) | Out of commission at Chatham |
14 December 1844
- 9 November 1846 | Commanded by Commander Thomas Sparke Thompson, south-east coast of America |
| (November 1845) | Commanded by Acting Commander Edward Augustus Inglefield, during the Anglo-French action in Uruguay |
| 17 November 1846 | Commanded by Commander Edwin Claton Tennyson D'Eyncourt, south-east coast of America |
| 3 May 1853 | Commanded (from commissioning at Sheerness) by Commander William Abdy Fellowes, East Indies |
| 23 July 1855 | Commanded by Commander Robert Jenkins, East Indies (including 2nd Anglo-Chinese War) |
30 December 1857
- 7 June 1858 | Commanded (until paying off at Chatham) by Commander Richard Dawkins, East Indies and China |
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