A number of ships have been named Meteor after a meteor or shooting star, including the following:
Naval and Government vessels , several ships of the Royal Navy , several ships of the German Navy , a troop transport of the US Army, built 1899 as Chester W. Chapin , several ships of the United States Navy Meteoro (1848), a brigantine that served in the Mexican and Chilean navies Meteor (1877), a salvage vessel, built as Hermes, that served in the Russian and Soviet navies 1916–1958 (1887), a gunboat of the Austro-Hungarian Navy Meteoro-class, a class of Spanish offshore patrol vessels Meteoro (2009), the first-of-class , an early steam packet of the British Post Office Meteor (1915), a German survey ship Meteor (1964), a German research vessel Meteor (1986), a German research vessel a new German research vessel under construction, completion planned for 2026https://www.nordsee-zeitung.de/Bremerhaven/Bau-des-Forschungsschiffs-Meteor-Werften-vereinen-ihr-Know-how-227974.htmlhttps://www.shz.de/lokales/rendsburg/artikel/rendsburg-bauteil-fuer-forschungsschiff-meteor-iv-auf-dem-nok-47558897
Merchant ships , a British schooner; destroyed in an accidental explosion in February 1834 , a British coastal passenger ship, later with the Romanian Government , a whaleback freighter on the Great Lakes, now a museum ship in Superior, Wisconsin , an ocean liner built for the Hamburg America Line, and later with Bergen Line; sunk by aircraft 9 March 1945 One of several Type C2 ships built for the United States Maritime Commission: (MC hull number 127, Type C2-T), built by Tampa Shipbuilding; transferred to the United States Navy as Arcturus-class attack cargo ship USS Electra (AKA-4); scrapped in 1974 (MC hull number 292, Type C2-S-B1), built by Moore Dry Dock; sold for commercial use under the name American Miller in 1948; scrapped in 1970 , a cruise ship of Bergen Line, then later with Epirotiki Line as Neptune; scrapped in 2002 Meteor (hydrofoil), a Soviet seagoing passenger hydrofoil design; over 400 built from 1959 to 2006
Yachts Meteor (1887 yacht) (1887), Kaiser Wilhelm II's yacht, formerly Thistle , Kaiser Wilhelm II's yacht
See also HMS Meteorite, an experimental submarine
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