Comet was launched in New Brunswick in 1826. She was wrecked on 6 May 1829 in the Torres Strait. Her crew survived.

Loss: Comet sailed from Sydney on 12 April 1829, bound for Batavia. She reached the Torres Straits on 5 May, and the next day wrecked on Boot Reef (). The crew survived on her quarter deck for three days before they were able to launch her boats. They then sailed to Murray Island, where they found , of Aberdeen, Both, master, which rescued them.

Comet (1826 ship)

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Seven years later Captain Fraser would wreck on Eliza Reef (near present-day Rockhampton, Queensland), on passage from Sydney for Singapore and Manila.

Comet (1826 ship)

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Maritime incidents in May 1829

Shipwrecks of the Torres Strait

Ships sunk with no fatalities

Comet (1826 ship)