Nine ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Meteor after the meteor, a space object.
HMS Meteor (1797) was a 12-gun gun-brigl, launched at Leith in 1794 as the merchant vessel Lady Cathcart. The Royal Navy purchased her in 1797 and initially named her GB No. 34. She was sold in 1802. New owners returned her to the name Lady Cathcart and under that name she continued to trade until 1822.
HMS Meteor (1803) was an 8-gun bomb vessel, previously in civilian service as Sarah Ann. She was purchased in 1803 and sold in 1811.
HMS Meteor was an 18-gun sloop 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 (1823) 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 (1824) was a wooden paddle vessel launched in 1824 and broken up in 1849.
HMS Meteor (1839) was a river gunboat launched in 1839. Her fate is unknown.
HMS Meteor (1855) was an Aetna-class ironclad floating battery launched in 1855 and broken up in 1861.
HMS Meteor (1914) was an Thornycroft M-class destroyer launched in 1914 and sold in 1921.
HMS Meteor (G73) was an M-class destroyer launched in 1941. She was handed over to the Turkish Navy in 1959 and renamed Piyale Pasha. She was on their navy lists until 1979.
available for the task were HMS Canopus, HMS Standard, HMS Thunderer, HMS Glatton, and the two bomb ships HMS Lucifer and HMSMeteor, under the command of Vice-Admiral...
have been named Meteor after a meteor or shooting star, including the following: HMSMeteor, several ships of the Royal Navy SMS Meteor, several ships...
Meteor was the first British jet fighter and the Allies' only jet aircraft to engage in combat operations during the Second World War. The Meteor's development...
at night when it was intercepted by two Royal Navy destroyers; HMS Lookout and Meteor. The British destroyers sank two of the German ships and severely...
renamed HMSMeteor. She was sold in 1816. HMS Star was a 14-gun brig launched in 1813 as HMS Lord Melville (or HMS Melville). She was renamed HMS Star in...
vessel launched in 1823 as HMSMeteor. She became a survey ship in 1832 and was renamed HMS Beacon. She was sold in 1846. HMS Beacon (1855), a bomb vessel...
with Congreve rockets (from rocket vessel HMS Erebus) and mortar shells (from bomb vessels Terror, Volcano, Meteor, Devastation, and Aetna). After an initial...
rudder disconnected itself. Stubborn was met by the destroyers HMS Swift and HMSMeteor and was eventually towed home to Lerwick, with her crew acting...
Star-Spangled Banner". During the bombardment, HMS Erebus provided the "rockets red glare" whilst HMSMeteor (along with four other bomb vessels) provided...
a shore-based radar, the ships were engaged by the destroyers HMS Lookout and HMSMeteor, in what would become known as the Battle of the Ligurian Sea...
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HMS Gallant HMS Grenade HMS Zulu HMS Sikh HMS Matchless HMSMeteorHMS Chevron HMS Cheviot HMS Consort HMS Dunkirk HMS Jutland HMS St Lucia - cancelled and...
more launches as reinforcements, commanded by Captain Samuel Roberts of HMSMeteor. This renewed attack was 'repulsed after sustaining for nearly half an...
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