List of ships named Meteor

A number of ships have been named Meteor after a meteor or shooting star, including the following:

Naval and Government vessels

• HMS Meteor, several ships of the Royal Navy
• SMS Meteor, several ships of the German Navy
• USAT Meteor, a troop transport of the US Army, built 1899 as Chester W. Chapin
• USS Meteor, several ships of the United States Navy
• Meteoro (1848), a brigantine that served in the Mexican and Chilean navies
• Meteor (1877), a salvage vessel, built as Hermes, that served in the Russian and Soviet navies 1916–1958 ^[1]
• Meteor (1887), a gunboat of the Austro-Hungarian Navy ^[2]
• Meteoro-class, a class of Spanish offshore patrol vessels
  • Meteoro (2009), the first-of-class
• PS Meteor (1821), an early steam packet of the British Post Office ^[3]
• Meteor (1915), a German survey ship
• Meteor (1964), a German research vessel ^[4]
• Meteor (1986), a German research vessel
• a new German research vessel under construction, completion planned for 2026 ^{[5] [6]}

Merchant ships

• Meteor, a British schooner; destroyed in an accidental explosion in February 1834
• SS Meteor (1887), a British coastal passenger ship, later with the Romanian Government ^[7]
• SS Meteor (1896), a whaleback freighter on the Great Lakes, now a museum ship in Superior, Wisconsin
• SS Meteor (1904), an ocean liner built for the Hamburg America Line, and later with Bergen Line; sunk by aircraft 9 March 1945 ^[8]
• One of several Type C2 ships built for the United States Maritime Commission:
  • SS Meteor (1941) (MC hull number 127, Type C2-T), built by Tampa Shipbuilding; transferred to the United States Navy as Arcturus-class attack cargo ship USS Electra (AKA-4); scrapped in 1974
  • SS Meteor (1943) (MC hull number 292, Type C2-S-B1), built by Moore Dry Dock; sold for commercial use under the name American Miller in 1948; scrapped in 1970
• MV Meteor (1955), a cruise ship of Bergen Line, then later with Epirotiki Line as Neptune; scrapped in 2002 ^[9]
• Meteor-class (hydrofoil)  [ ru ], a Soviet seagoing passenger hydrofoil design; over 400 built from 1959 to 2006 ^[10]

Yachts

• Meteor (1887 yacht) (1887), Kaiser Wilhelm II's yacht, formerly Thistle
• Meteor (1902 yacht) (1902)  [ de ], Kaiser Wilhelm II's yacht

See also

• HMS Meteorite, an experimental submarine

References

1. "Hermes (5617260)" . Miramar Ship Index . Retrieved 2024-03-31.
2. "Meteor (1091097)" . Miramar Ship Index . Retrieved 2024-03-31.
3. Michael, Chris. "Post-office Steam Packets". Liverpool University. Archived from the original on 3 February 2024. Retrieved 31 March 2024.
4. "FS Meteor" (in German). Universität Hamburg. Archived from the original on 25 February 2014. Retrieved 31 March 2024.
5. https://www.nordsee-zeitung.de/Bremerhaven/Bau-des-Forschungsschiffs-Meteor-Werften-vereinen-ihr-Know-how-227974.html
6. https://www.shz.de/lokales/rendsburg/artikel/rendsburg-bauteil-fuer-forschungsschiff-meteor-iv-auf-dem-nok-47558897
7. "Meteor (1091097)" . Miramar Ship Index . Retrieved 2024-03-31.
8. "Meteor (1143316)" . Miramar Ship Index . Retrieved 2024-03-31.
9. "Meteor (5233535)" . Miramar Ship Index . Retrieved 2024-03-31.
10. "Winged ships: Soviet hydrofoils forgotten and reborn". Russia Beyond. Moscow. 11 September 2021. Archived from the original on 15 March 2023. Retrieved 31 March 2024.