HMS Meteor (1823)
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 | |
| 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 |
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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.