NAVYPEDIA

Ships

Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comp	Fate
Meteor		48	Germaniawerft, Kiel	1888	20.1.1890	15.5.1891	fishery protection 1895-1896, harbour defence 5.1904, barrack ship 6.1911
Comet		203	Vulcan, Stettin	1891	15.11.1892	29.4.1893	harbour defence 5.1904, discarded 6.1911

Technical data

Displacement normal, t	Meteor: 961 Comet: 992
Displacement full, t	Meteor: 1078 Comet: 1117
Length, m	Meteor: 79.9 oa 78.5 wl Comet: 79.9 oa 78.7 wl
Breadth, m	Meteor: 9.56 Comet: 9.58
Draught, m	Meteor: mean 3.68 deep load 4.50 Comet: mean 3.68 deep load 4.48
No of shafts	2
Machinery	2 VTE, 4 locomotive boilers
Power, h. p.	Meteor: 4500 Comet: 5000
Max speed, kts	Meteor: 19 Comet: 19.5
Fuel, t	Meteor: coal 120 Comet: coal 147
Endurance, nm(kts)	960(9)
Armour, mm	steel; deck: 15 with 25mm slopes, CT: 30
Armament	4 x 1 - 88/27 SK L/30 C/89, 3 - 350 TT (1 bow, 2 beam)
Complement	115

Standard scale images

Project history

The Meteor and her slightly faster near-sister were smaller than their predecessors, and very similar to the British torpedo gunboats. They proved to be very poor seaboats, and vibrated considerably at high speeds, so it is not surprising that they saw little service.

Ship protection

They had steel armoured deck with 15mm flat and 25mm slopes. CT had 30mm sides and 15mm roof.

Modernizations

None.

Naval service

They were broken up in 1919 and 1921 respectively.