Meteor-class aviso

The Meteor class was a pair of two avisos built for the German Kaiserliche Marine in the late-1880s and early 1890s. The class comprised two ships: Meteor and Comet. Unlike earlier avisos built for the fleet, which were designed to fill a variety of roles, the Meteor class was intended to protect the fleet's capital ships from torpedo boat attacks. They were armed with a battery of four 8.8 cm (3.5 in) quick-firing guns. Both vessels suffered from serious problems that rendered them unfit for service, namely poor seakeeping and excessive vibration of their propeller shafts. As a result, they saw little service, with Comet's only periods in commission being to test what were unsuccessful attempts to correct the problems. Meteor had a somewhat more active career, serving with the fleet in 1893–1894 and then as a fishery protection ship in 1895–1896, but she, too, spent most of her existence laid up. Both vessels were decommissioned in 1896 and struck from the naval register in 1911. Meteor was then used as a barracks ship, while Comet became a storage hulk; the two ships were broken up in 1919 and 1921, respectively.

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1890  Wikimedia, Wikidata
speed 20 knot, length 79.86 metre, beam 9.56 metre, draft 4.5 metre, 
aviso, Friedrich Krupp Germaniawerft, AG Vulcan Stettin, Imperial German Navy, German Empire, German Reich, 

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  SMS Comet ⓘ
  1892 Meteor-class aviso

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  SMS Meteor ⓘ
  1890 Meteor-class aviso

Frameless

Bundesarchiv Bild 146-2008-0174, Aviso "SMS Meteor II"

Plan and profile of Meteor-class aviso

Kaiserliche Marine Greif, Meteor und Jagd spähen bei Brüsterort, Chromo-Lithographie von Willy Stöwer 1894, nr9 aus G. Wislicenus, Unsre Kriegsflotte

Kaiserliche Marine Greif, Meteor und Jagd spähen bei Brüsterort, Chromo-Lithographie von Willy Stöwer 1894, nr9 aus G. Wislicenus, Unsre Kriegsflotte (cropped)

Type	Subtype	Date	Description	Notes	Source
object	watercraft		SMS Comet	Meteor-class aviso, aviso	Wikidata
object	watercraft		SMS Meteor	aviso, Meteor-class aviso	Wikidata
commons	image		Bundesarchiv Bild 146-2008-0174, Aviso "SMS Meteor II"		Commons
commons	image		Plan and profile of Meteor-class aviso		Commons
commons	image		Kaiserliche Marine Greif, Meteor und Jagd spähen bei Brüsterort, Chromo-Lithographie von Willy Stöwer 1894, nr9 aus G. Wislicenus, Unsre Kriegsflotte		Commons
commons	image		Kaiserliche Marine Greif, Meteor und Jagd spähen bei Brüsterort, Chromo-Lithographie von Willy Stöwer 1894, nr9 aus G. Wislicenus, Unsre Kriegsflotte (cropped)		Commons