HMS Meteor

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Several ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Meteor after the meteor, a space object.

• Meteor was an early 19th-century bomb vessel, originally built as a merchant vessel. She took part in the War of 1812 with the USA.

• Meteor launched in 1823 - a bomb vessel, later a survey ship

• Meteor launched in 1855 - a floating battery that took part in the Crimean War

• Meteor (G74) - an M class destroyer of the Second World War

References

• Naval History of Great Britain