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HMS Meteor (1914)
HMS ''Meteor'' was a destroyer that served in the Royal Navy. ''Meteor'' saw extensive service throughout the First World War. She maintained continuous operations both as a convoy escort, and in harbour protection.
==Construction==
''Meteor'' was one of a pair of destroyers ordered from Thornycroft & Company as part of the 1913–14 construction programme for the Royal Navy. The two ships, ''Meteor'' and , were to a modified design tendered by Thornycroft which was more powerful and faster than the standard Admiralty design. In order to speed construction, initial payments were made prior to the formal order being placed.〔Gardiner and Grey 1985, p. 77.〕 ''Meteor'' was laid down at Thornycroft's Southampton shipyard on 17 May 1913, launched on 24 July 1914 and completed in September 1914.〔Friedman 2009, p. 308.〕
''Meteor'' was long overall, with a beam of and a draught of .〔Gardiner and Grey 1985, p. 76.〕 Displacement was normal and deep load.〔Friedman 2009, p. 296.〕 Four Yarrow three-drum boilers fed two sets of Parsons steam turbines rated at , giving a design speed of .〔 Up to 202 tons of oil could be carried, giving an endurance of at .〔 The ship's crew consisted of 82 officers and men.〔 Armament consisted of three mounted on the ships centreline, and four 21-inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes in two twin mounts.〔 In 1917, ''Meteor'' was converted to a minelayer, being capable of carrying 40 mines.〔Smith 2005, pp. 22, 26.〕
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