She was wrecked on 6 May 1829 in the Torres Strait, north of present-day Queensland, Australia.

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 (10°12′S 144°36′E / 10.2°S 144.6°E / -10.2; 144.6).

They then sailed to Murray Island, where they found Fairfield, of Aberdeen, Both, master, which rescued them.

[3][4][5] Seven years later Captain Fraser would wreck Stirling Castle on Eliza Reef (near present-day Rockhampton, Queensland), on passage from Sydney for Singapore and Manila.