HMS Meteor (1823)

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.

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 and 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

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 (Rev. ed.). London: Chatham Publishing. ISBN 978-1-86176-281-8.
  • Phillips, Lawrie; Lieutenant Commander (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.
  • Winfield, R.; Lyon, D. (2004). The Sail and Steam Navy List: All the Ships of the Royal Navy 1815–1889. London: Chatham Publishing. ISBN 978-1-86176-032-6.
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