Nine ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Meteor after the meteor, a space object. HMS Meteor (1797) was a 12-gun gun-brigl, launched at Leith...

HMS Meteor was a M-class destroyer built for the Royal Navy during World War II. HMS Meteor was ordered on 7 July 1939, as one of eight destroyers of...

available for the task were HMS Canopus, HMS Standard, HMS Thunderer, HMS Glatton, and the two bomb ships HMS Lucifer and HMS Meteor, under the command of Vice-Admiral...

plate. In October 1858, experimental firing trials were undertaken against Meteor and one of the follow-on class of iron-hulled armoured batteries, Erebus...

Look up Meteor, meteor, or meteor. in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. A meteor or "shooting star" is the visible streak of light from a heated and glowing...

renamed HMS Meteor. She was sold in 1816. HMS Star was a 14-gun brig launched in 1813 as HMS Lord Melville (or HMS Melville). She was renamed HMS Star in...

vessel launched in 1823 as HMS Meteor. She became a survey ship in 1832 and was renamed HMS Beacon. She was sold in 1846. HMS Beacon (1855), a bomb vessel...

Meteor was the first British jet fighter and the Allies' only jet aircraft to engage in combat operations during the Second World War. The Meteor's development...

HMS Meteor was originally the merchant ship Lady Cathcart launched at Leith in 1794. The Royal Navy purchased her in 1797, used her as a gun-brig escorting...

Launched: 26 July 1815 Completed: Notes: Fate: Sold on 13 April 1831 HMS Meteor Builder: Pembroke Dockyard Ordered: 18 May 1819 Laid down: May 1820 Launched:...

more launches as reinforcements, commanded by Captain Samuel Roberts of HMS Meteor. This renewed attack was "repulsed after sustaining for nearly half an...

create a diversion. Although Aetna and Meteor were mentioned, the latter vessel was HMS Volcano, as Meteor's captain was elsewhere, and played an active...

HMS Gallant HMS Grenade HMS Zulu HMS Sikh HMS Matchless HMS Meteor HMS Chevron HMS Cheviot HMS Consort HMS Dunkirk HMS Jutland HMS St Lucia – cancelled and...

HMS Meteor was a Thornycroft M-class destroyer that served in the British Royal Navy. Meteor saw extensive service throughout World War I, maintaining...

participants were HMS Duke of York, USS Ellyson, USS Emmons, USS Fitch, HMS Furious, HMS Glasgow, USS Macomb, HMS Meteor, HMS Milne, HMS Musketeer, USS Rodman...

Star-Spangled Banner". During the bombardment, HMS Erebus provided the "rockets red glare" whilst HMS Meteor (along with four other bomb vessels) provided...

HMS Meteor was a bomb vessel of the Royal Navy. She was previously the West Indiaman Sarah Ann, launched at Newcastle upon Tyne in 1800 that the Admiralty...

with Congreve rockets (from rocket vessel HMS Erebus) and mortar shells (from bomb vessels Terror, Volcano, Meteor, Devastation, and Aetna). After an initial...

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...

a shore-based radar, the ships were engaged by the destroyers HMS Lookout and HMS Meteor, in what would become known as the Battle of the Ligurian Sea...

14), Naval History Homepage HMS Marne (G 35), Naval History Homepage HMS Matchless (G 52), Naval History Homepage HMS Meteor (G 73), Naval History Homepage...

received. Despite the overwhelming odds, Blücher put the British destroyer HMS Meteor out of action and scored two hits on the British battlecruisers with her...

at night when it was intercepted by two Royal Navy destroyers; HMS Lookout and Meteor. The British destroyers sank two of the German ships and severely...

1945 in the Battle of the Ligurian Sea by the British destroyers HMS Lookout and HMS Meteor. Auriga TA27 Ansaldo, Genoa 15 April 1943 Lost 9 June 1944 to...

have been named Meteor after a meteor or shooting star, including the following: HMS Meteor, several ships of the Royal Navy SMS Meteor, several ships...

Royal Navy Years of service 1834–1885 Rank Admiral Commands HMS Brisk (1853) HMS Meteor (1855–56) Naval Brigade, New Zealand (1860–61) Junior Naval Lord...

rudder disconnected itself. Stubborn was met by the destroyers HMS Swift and HMS Meteor and was eventually towed home to Lerwick, with her crew acting...

survivors. The convoy escort was reinforced by the M-class destroyers HMS Milne and Meteor at 14:00 on 29 December after the arriving destroyers rescued 42...

more launches as reinforcements, commanded by Captain Samuel Roberts of HMS Meteor. This renewed attack was 'repulsed after sustaining for nearly half an...

6-inch main btty, 32 kn) HMS Belfast 6 destroyers 4 M-class: HMS Marne, HMS Matchless, HMS Meteor, HMS Milne 2 U-class: HMS Ursa, HMS Undaunted Rear-Admiral...