"دليل الخليج. مجلد I. القسم التاريخي. الأجزاء Iأ و Iب. ج.ج. لوريمر ١٩١٥" [‎١‎٥‎٧‎٨] (١٧٨٢/١٧٣٣)

The British
Gvernmeut
steamer
" Comet, "
1880—189 i.
1880—1884.
1887—1889.
1578
Majesty's Government; bnt the new offleer was not invested wit,
consular powers. Tlie first occupant of the post thus seated w
Mr. J. C. Gaskm, who had been for a number of years em,.loved ,
the Government of India in the Persian Gulf in different capac'iries • btf
it was suggested that his successors should be supplied from the Levant
Consular service. ovarii
It will be remembered that so far back as 1868 it had been decided
o replace the Regency steamer " Comet " by a new vessel, and that in
69 authorisation for doing so had been obtained from the Porte but
that delay due to various causes supervened.
It was only in 1880 that it was at last decided to build a new vessel •
and m j 8 8 2 , before lt was ^ the " Comet " had become unservice.'
able. A steamer named the "London "was accordingly hired for th e
Resident s temporary use, but she foundered in the Shatt-al-'A K
Without reaching Baghdad; and, though efforts were made to obtl
r co ' ,1<1 beg '"'
or ne t omet , bu.lt at Bombay, was finished, it was found
that she had been made too large for the navigation of the Tigris-the
result was further delay. At last the new vessel wasreadv • her „ /
Rs. 93,494, towards which His Maiestv's Tn,» * ' WM
buted jE;i 000 • ^ T f 7 Government apparently contri-
ted td,000 , she was armed w.fh two Nordenfelt guns ■ and thp ,
am.bar name of "Comet" was perpetuated in her. T ^re wl
"c'o T" 0 tljt i ,T ner ln Whic ' h tbe re P Iacement of tte old bv the new 6
Comet would be received by the Turkish authorities but nermi '
ZZTt tf the POrte 011 C0,1,]iti0n that b0th -els'should nT" b
the ligns at the same time. The old "rnmpf " « j- ,
0P !' ^ ^ ^ ^ entered the
"IT 7' vojaee ' Colonel
and a vessel more suitable to the rivers of M r""-^ e ' SeWhere
Baghdad; bnt, as she could not be nt Us^ at "T 7" r PP "
(except at a great loss), and as Her MaW s GT' I ' 3Ce " ^
to be consulted regarding her cUsZTZi wouid have
the Government of India I n X r
the unsuitability of the "Comet " ! ^ 0l0ne, J Weedle ^marked on
launch. Which would be rZ^ ^ re P ,acem »t a steam
'vouM be more econom.oal and m ore useful. Afterwards,
length is now (1913) i 31 ell" 6^!° Boml>a3, ''° <i '""Keened in 1904-5. Her
8 feet 6 inches. In 1909 she was provided wTh 'i'' 1 !! 1 "' 18 " her d, ' au « hl 3 feet, to
protecting the bridge-deck, guns, and engine-room " ' l " pr0 " f Steel completely
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