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HMS ''Meteor'' was a bomb vessel of the Royal Navy. She was previously the merchant vessel ''Sarah Ann'', which the Admiralty purchased in October 1803. She conducted bombardments at Havre de Grâce, the Dardanelles, and Rosas Bay, on the Catalan coast. She was sold in 1811. ==Service== ''Meteor'' was commissioned in December 1803 under Commander James Masters.〔 In May 1804 Commander Joseph James replaced Masters. She then participated in the bombardments of Le Havre on 23 July 1804 as part of a squadron under Captain R. Dudley Oliver of . At one point during the bombardment ''Meteor'' had to resupply two of her fellow bomb vessels, and with shells and powder. Over two days the bomb vessels conducted over four hours of bombardment, firing over 500 shells and carcasses into Le Havre and setting fires in the town. ''Meteor'' shared with the rest of the squadron in the prize money after captured the ''Shepherdess'' on 21 July, and after ''Explosion'' captured the ''Postilion'' on 31 July. Next, and 1 August 1804, ''Meteor'' participated in a bombardment of Boulogne.〔O'Byrne (1849), Vol. 1, p.26.〕 She also participated is several actions off Boulogne. On 13 April 1805, ''Meteor'' captured the Kniphausen ship ''Brant''. On 30 May 1805, ''Meteor'' was in company with when they captured the Prussian sloop ''Omnibus''. In October ''Meteor'' come under the command of James Collins.〔 On 15 November ''Meteor'' was in company with the gun-brig when they captured the American brig ''Venus''. Collins sailed ''Meteor'' to the Mediterranean on 10 January 1807.〔 There, ''Meteor'' was a member of Admiral Sir John Duckworth's Dardanelles expedition against the Turks. She had the misfortune to burst her 13-inch mortar while forcing a passage through the Dardanelles, and her 10-inch mortar on the way back. During the action on 3 March ''Meteor'' suffered eight men wounded, including one badly. Although details are missing, ''Meteor'' apparently next participated in an attack on batteries and gun-boats in the Bay of Naples.〔 From about 6 November 1808 on, still under Collins's command, ''Meteor'' took part in the defense of the Ciutadella de Roses and Fort Trinidad (Castell de la Trinitat) at Rosas Bay in northeastern Spain. She was in company with the Third Rate under Captain John West. Gunfire and bombardment from ''Excellent'' and ''Meteor'' helped repel several French attacks, and a landing party of Marines and seamen reinforced the Spanish garrisons. The bomb vessel and the Third Rates and arrived later, with the frigate under Captain Lord Cochrane joining the defense towards the end of November. Despite British assistance, the citadel capitulated to the French on 5 December. Cochrane, seeing that further resistance was useless, blew up the magazines at Trinity Castle and withdrew together with his landing party. In the fighting on 7 and 20 November, eight men on ''Meteor'' were wounded, one, a Royal Marine gunner, losing both arms. ''Meteor'' also took on board the Spanish governor, who had been wounded.〔 ''Meteor'' sailed to the Dalmatian coast, where her boats cut out a privateer. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「HMS Meteor (1803)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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