HMS Meteor (1803)

For other ships with the same name, see Sarah Ann (ship) and HMS Meteor.

Meteor
History
Great Britain
NameSarah Ann
BuilderNewcastle
Launched1800[1][2]
FateSold 1803
United Kingdom
NameHMS Meteor
Acquired1803 by purchase
FateSold 1811
United Kingdom
NameSarah Ann
BuilderNewcastle
Acquired1811 by purchase
FateLast listed 1863
General characteristics [3]
Class and typebomb vessel
Tons burthen327,[1] or 364, or 374,[4] or 382[5] (bm)
Length
  • Overall: 103 ft (31.4 m), or 101 ft 9 in (31.0 m)[1]
  • Keel:80 ft (24.4 m)
Beam29 ft (8.8 m), or 29 ft 5 in (9.0 m)[1]
Depth of hold12 ft 11 in (3.9 m)
PropulsionSails
Complement67
Armament
  • Sarah Ann:2 × 6-pounder guns + 6 × 18-pounder carronades[5]
  • Meteor:8 × 24-pounder carronades + 1 × 13" mortar + 1 × 10" mortar

HMS Meteor was a bomb vessel of the Royal Navy. She was previously the West Indiaman Sarah Ann, launched at Newcastle upon Tyne in 1800 that the Admiralty purchased in October 1803. She conducted bombardments at Havre de Grâce, the Dardanelles, and Rosas Bay, on the Spanish coast. She was sold in 1811. she then returned to mercantile service under her original name, Sarah Ann. She continued to trade, primarily across the North Atlantic. She was last listed in 1863 with stale data.

  1. ^ a b c d Tyne Built ships: Sarah Ann.
  2. ^ "NMM, vessel ID 371397" (PDF). Warship Histories, vol ii. National Maritime Museum. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 August 2011. Retrieved 30 July 2011.
  3. ^ Winfield (2008), p. 374.
  4. ^ Cite error: The named reference LR1815 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  5. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference LR1801 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).