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SMS ''Meteor'' was an auxiliary cruiser of the Imperial German Navy which operated against Allied shipping during World War I. ==Early career== Originally built as the British freighter ''Vienna'' in 1903 by Ramage & Ferguson, of Leith, for Curries shipping line. At the outbreak of war in August 1914 ''Vienna'' was at Hamburg and was seized as a prize there. To take advantage of her unmistakably British appearance the Imperial German Navy (IGN) decided to convert her into an auxiliary cruiser and minelayer. She was moved to the Kaiserliche Werft (KWW) in Wilhelmshaven where she was equipped with two 88mmm guns and two machine guns. She had minelaying equipment installed and a capacity for 347 mines. She was renamed ''Meteor'' and commissioned in May 1915 under the command of KK Wolfram von Knorr.〔Schmalenbach p16〕 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「SMS Meteor (1903)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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