SMS Meteor at anchor
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History | |
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German Empire | |
Name | SMS Meteor |
Builder | Germaniawerft |
Laid down | December 1888 |
Launched | 20 January 1890 |
Commissioned | 19 May 1891 |
Fate | Scrapped, 1919 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Meteor-class aviso |
Displacement | |
Length | 79.86 m (262 ft) o/a |
Beam | 9.56 m (31 ft 4 in) |
Draft | 3.68 m (12 ft 1 in) |
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Propulsion | |
Speed | 20 knots (37 km/h; 23 mph) |
Range | 960 nmi (1,780 km; 1,100 mi) at 9 kn (17 km/h; 10 mph) |
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SMS Meteor was an aviso of the German Kaiserliche Marine (Imperial Navy) built in the late 1880s and early 1890s, the lead ship of her class that include one other vessel, Comet. Intended to screen the main fleet against attacking torpedo boats, Meteor was armed with a battery of four 8.8 cm (3.5 in) guns. Her design suffered from several defects, including excessive vibration and poor handling in heavy seas, both of which could not be corrected. These problems limited the ship's career. She served briefly as a guard ship in Kiel in 1892, as an aviso with the main fleet in 1893–1894, and as a fishery protection ship in 1895–1896. Out of service by the end of 1896, Meteor was later used as a harbor defense vessel in 1904 and then as a barracks ship from 1911 to 1919, when she was sold to ship breakers and dismantled.