Komet
(Ship)
Mentioned in
- Documents Relating to New Zealand's Participation in the Second World War 1939–45: Volume III
- Episodes & Studies Volume 1
- Prisoners of War
- The Pacific
- The Royal New Zealand Navy
- Contents
- List of Illustrations
- List of Maps
- CHAPTER 26 — Recruiting and Training
- CHAPTER 7 — Hunting Raiders in the Indian Ocean
- CHAPTER 10 — Cruise of the Orion and Komet
- CHAPTER 11 — Protection of Shipping
- CHAPTER 12 — Minesweeping in New Zealand Waters
- Appendix IV — PRISONERS OF WAR AND PAROLE
- Index
Image Gallery
.jpg "Black and white photograph of ships at sea")
.jpg "BOMBARDMENT OF NAURU ISLAND — In December 1940 the German raider Komet shelled the Nauru fuel-oil tanks")
.jpg "Fuel-oil tanks on Nauru Island on fire after being shelled by the Komet in December 1940")
.jpg "German raiders off Emirau Island. The Komet is at the left. The funnel and one mast of the Orion show behind the supply ship Kulmerland")
.jpg "Rear-Admiral Robert Eyssen, commanding officer of the Komet")
.jpg "THE OPERATIONS OF THE RAIDERS ORION AND KOMET WITH THE SUPPLY SHIP KULMERLAND from 27 October to 8 December 1940")
.jpg "The raider Komet (Ship No. 45)")
.jpg "The raider Komet (Ship No. 45)")
.jpg "THE RAIDER KOMET (SHIP NO. 45)")
.jpg "The Rangitane, victim of the raiders Orion and Komet")
.jpg "The Russian ice-breaker Stalin from the Komet")
.jpg "TRACK CHART OF GERMAN RAIDER KOMET")
Searching
For several reasons, including lack of resource and inherent ambiguity, not all names in the NZETC are marked-up. This means that finding all references to a topic often involves searching. Search for Komet as: "Komet". Additional references are often found by searching for just the main name of the topic (the surname in the case of people).
Other Collections
The following collections may have holdings relevant to "Komet":
- Dictionary of New Zealand Biography, which has entries for many prominent New Zealanders.
- Archives New Zealand, which has collections of maps, plans and posters; immigration passenger lists; and probate records.
- National Library of New Zealand, which has extensive collections of published material.
- Auckland War Memorial Museum, which has extensive holdings on the Auckland region and New Zealand military history.
- Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa, which has strong holdings in Tāonga Māori, biological holotypes and New Zealand art.
- nzhistory.net.nz, from the History Group of the Ministry for Culture and Heritage.