HMS_Beacon_(1832)
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.
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 | |
| 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 |
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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]
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]
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