Meteor

Hospital Ship

Service Data

In Service: 28 May 1905 to 9 March 1945

Production Data

Ordered:
Builder: Blohm & Voss, Hamburg
Construction No:
Laid down:
Launched: 15 March 1904
Commissioned: 28 May 1905

Technical Data

Type: Hospital ship / Lazarettschiffe
Class:

Displacement: 4,018 tons
Length: waterline 112.1 m overall
Beam: 13.47 m
Draft: 4.47 m
Propulsion: 2 × 3 cylinder expansion engines, 2 × shafts, 2 × boilers producing up to 1550 hp
Propellers: 2
Speed: 10.5 knots
Range:
Crew: 130 men and officers
Armament: none
Armour
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Electronics:
Operators: Kriegsmarine
Variants:

Other: Hospital ships
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History

Career

28 May 1905
The Hospital ship Meteor is commissioned.

9 March 1945
The Hospital ship Meteor is sunk.

Commanders

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Sources

German Warships, 1815-1945: Major Surface Vessels.
ISBN-10: 0851775330

German Warships, 1815-1945: U-boats and Mine Warfare Vessels.
ISBN-10: 155750301X

German warships of the Second World War.
ISBN-10: 0668040378

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