HMS Meteor
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Nine ships of the Royal Navy
have been named HMS Meteor after the meteor
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Royal Navy
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have been named HMS Meteor after the meteor
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- HMS Meteor was a 12-gun gunvesselGunboatA gunboat is a naval watercraft designed for the express purpose of carrying one or more guns to bombard coastal targets, as opposed to those military craft designed for naval warfare, or for ferrying troops or supplies.-History:...
, previously in civilian service as Lady Cathcart. She was purchased in 1797 and initially named Gunboat No. 34. She was sold in 1802. - HMS MeteorHMS Meteor (1803)HMS Meteor was a bomb vessel of the Royal Navy. She was previously the merchant vessel Sarah Ann, which the Admiralty purchased in October 1803. She conducted bombardments at Havre de Grâce, the Dardanelles, and Rosas Bay, on the Catalan coast. She was sold in 1811.-Service:Meteor was commissioned...
was an 8-gun bomb vesselBomb vesselA bomb vessel, bomb ship, bomb ketch, or simply bomb was a type of wooden sailing naval ship. Its primary armament was not cannon —although bomb vessels carried a few cannon for self-defence—but rather mortars mounted forward near the bow and elevated to a high angle, and projecting their fire in a...
, previously in civilian service as Sarah Ann. She was purchased in 1803 and sold in 1811. - HMS Meteor was an 18-gun sloopSloop-of-warIn the 18th and most of the 19th centuries, a sloop-of-war was a warship with a single gun deck that carried up to eighteen guns. As the rating system covered all vessels with 20 guns and above, this meant that the term sloop-of-war actually encompassed all the unrated combat vessels including the...
launched in 1805 as HMS Starr. She was rebuilt as a bomb vessel in 1812 and was renamed HMS Meteor. She was sold in 1816. - HMS Meteor was an 8-gun bomb vessel launched in 1823. She became a survey ship in 1832 and was renamed HMS Beacon. She was sold in 1846.
- HMS Meteor was a wooden paddle vessel launched in 1824 and broken up in 1849.
- HMS Meteor was a river gunboat launched in 1839. Her fate is unknown.
- HMS Meteor was an Aetna-class ironclad floating batteryAetna class ironclad floating batteryThe Aetna-class ironclad floating batteries were built during the Crimean War for the attack of Russian coastal fortifications.Britain and France each laid down five of these coastal attack vessels in 1854. The French used three of their batteries in 1855 against the defences at Kinburn on the...
launched in 1855 and broken up in 1861. - HMS MeteorHMS Meteor (1914)HMS Meteor was a Thornycroft M class destroyer that served in the Royal Navy.Built by Thornycroft & Company, Southampton, she was launched on the 24 July 1914.HMS Meteor saw extensive service throughout the First World War...
was an M-classThornycroft M class destroyerThe Thornycroft M or Mastiff class were a class of six destroyers completed for the Royal Navy during 1914-16 for World War I service. They were quite different from the Admiralty-designed ships of the Admiralty M class class, although based on a basic sketch layout provided by the Admiralty from...
destroyerDestroyerIn naval terminology, a destroyer is a fast and maneuverable yet long-endurance warship intended to escort larger vessels in a fleet, convoy or battle group and defend them against smaller, powerful, short-range attackers. Destroyers, originally called torpedo-boat destroyers in 1892, evolved from...
launched in 1914 and sold in 1921. - HMS MeteorHMS Meteor (G74)HMS Meteor was a M-class destroyer built for the Royal Navy during World War II.-External links:...
was an M-classL and M class destroyerThe L and M class was a class of sixteen destroyers which served in the British Royal Navy during World War II. The ships of the class were launched between 1939 and 1942.-Design details:...
destroyer launched in 1941. She was handed over to the Turkish NavyTurkish NavyThe Turkish Navy is the naval warfare service branch of the Turkish Armed Forces.- Ottoman fleet after Mudros :Following the demise of the Ottoman Empire in the aftermath of World War I, on November 3, 1918, the fleet commander of the Ottoman Navy, Liva Amiral Arif Pasha, ordered all flags to be...
in 1959 and renamed Piyale Pasha. She was on their navy lists until 1979.