SMS Meteor

SMS Meteor was a Camäleon-class steam gunboat of the North German Federal Navy that was launched in 1865. The ship was ordered as part of a program to strengthen Prussia's coastal defense forces, then oriented against neighboring Denmark. A small vessel, armed with a battery of only three light guns, Meteor took part in the Battle of Havana in 1870 during the Franco-Prussian War. There, she battled the French aviso Bouvet; both vessels were lightly damaged, though Bouvet was compelled to disengage after a shot from Meteor disabled her engine. After the war, Meteor returned to Germany, where her career was limited; she served briefly as a survey vessel. From 1873 to 1877, she was deployed to the Mediterranean Sea as a station ship in Constantinople during a period of tensions in the Ottoman Empire. After returning to Germany in 1877, she was decommissioned, converted into a coal hulk and expended as a target ship some time later.

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draft 2.67 metre, length 43.28 metre, speed 9.1 knot, speed 9.3 knot, beam 6.96 metre, 
Cameleon-class steam gunboat, gunboat, Prussian Navy, Imperial German Navy, 

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1861-06-27T00:00:00Z

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keel laying

1865-05-17T00:00:00Z

1865-05-17T00:00:00Z

ship launching

1869-09-06T00:00:00Z

1869-09-06T00:00:00Z

ship commissioning

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Combat du Bouvet et du Meteor

Die Gartenlaube (1876) b 654

SMS Meteor (1865)

Combat du Bouvet et du Météot 2

SMS Meteor (1865) im Gefecht

Robert Parlow, Meteor vs. Bouvet, 1892

Titelbild Unter deutscher Flagge Band 4 Die Feuertaufe des METEOR publiziert 1911

Das Seegefecht vor Havanna am 9. November 1870. Llinks das norddeutschen Kanonenboot SMS METEOR, rechts der französische Aviso BOUVET. Illustration von Hermann Penner

Norddeutsches Kanonenboot SMS METEOR im Gefecht vor Havanna am 9. November 1870

Type	Subtype	Date	Description	Notes	Source
commons	image		Combat du Bouvet et du Meteor		Commons
commons	image		Die Gartenlaube (1876) b 654		Commons
commons	image		SMS Meteor (1865)		Commons
commons	image		Combat du Bouvet et du Météot 2		Commons
commons	image		SMS Meteor (1865) im Gefecht		Commons
commons	image		Robert Parlow, Meteor vs. Bouvet, 1892		Commons
commons	image		Titelbild Unter deutscher Flagge Band 4 Die Feuertaufe des METEOR publiziert 1911		Commons
commons	image		Das Seegefecht vor Havanna am 9. November 1870. Llinks das norddeutschen Kanonenboot SMS METEOR, rechts der französische Aviso BOUVET. Illustration von Hermann Penner		Commons
commons	image		Norddeutsches Kanonenboot SMS METEOR im Gefecht vor Havanna am 9. November 1870		Commons