HMS Meteor (1823)

For other ships with the same name, see HMS Meteor.

Meteor
History
United Kingdom
Name	Meteor
Ordered	18 May 1819
Builder	Pembroke Dockyard
Laid down	May 1820
Launched	25 June 1823
Completed	17 June 1824
Renamed	As Beacon, June 1832
Reclassified	As survey ship, July 1832
Fate	Sold, 17 August 1846
General characteristics
Class & type	Hecla-class bomb vessel
Tons burthen	378 bm
Length	106 ft (32.3 m) (gundeck) 87 ft 1 in (26.5 m) (keel)
Beam	28 ft 11 in (8.8 m)
Draught	10 ft 9 in (3.3 m)
Depth	13 ft 10 in (4.2 m)
Complement	67
Armament	2 × 6-pdr cannon 8–10 × 24-pdr carronades 1 × 10 in (254 mm) mortar 1 × 13 in (330 mm) mortar

HMS Meteor was a Hecla-class bomb vessel built for the Royal Navy during the 1820s. In July 1832 she was renamed Beacon and reclassified as a survey ship, and was sold in 1846.

Description

Meteor had a length at the gundeck of 106 feet (32.3 m) and 87 feet 1 inch (26.5 m) at the keel. She had a beam of 28 feet 11 inches (8.8 m), a draught of about 10 feet 9 inches (3.3 m) and a depth of hold of 13 feet 10 inches (4.2 m). The ship's tonnage was 378 tons burthen. ^[1] The Hecla class was armed with two 6-pounder cannon, eight or ten 24-pounder carronades and two mortars, one 10 inches (254 mm) and the other 13 inches (330 mm) in size. The ships had a crew of 67 officers and ratings. ^[2]

Construction and career

Meteor, the third ship of her name to serve in the Royal Navy, ^[3] was ordered on 18 May 1819, laid down in May 1820 at Pembroke Dockyard, Wales, and launched on 25 June 1823. ^[2] She was completed for sea on 17 June 1824 at Plymouth Dockyard. ^[2]

Notes

1. Winfield, p. 1221
2. Winfield & Lyon, p. 131
3. Colledge, p. 225

References

• Colledge, J. J.; Warlow, Ben (2006) [1969]. Ships of the Royal Navy: The Complete Record of All Fighting Ships of the Royal Navy from the 15th Century to the Present (Rev. ed.). London: Chatham Publishing. ISBN   978-1-86176-281-8. OCLC   67375475.
• Phillips, Lawrie (2014). Pembroke Dockyard and the Old Navy: A Bicentennial History. Stroud, Gloucestershire, UK: The History Press. ISBN   978-0-7509-5214-9.
• Winfield, Rif (2008). British Warships in the Age of Sail, 1793-1817: Design, Construction, Careers and Fates (epub). Barnsley, UK: Seaforth. ISBN   978-1-84415-700-6.
• Lyon, David & Winfield, Rif (2004). The Sail and Steam Navy List: All the Ships of the Royal Navy 1815–1889. Chatham Publishing. ISBN   978-1-86176-032-6. OCLC   52620555.