Meteor 1930
Meteor 1944
| Name | No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
| Meteor | KW Danzig / RMW Wilhelmshaven | 1914 | 18/1/1915 | 11/1924 | surrendered 5/1945, to Soviet Union 12/1945 |
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Displacement standard, t |
1200 |
|
Displacement full, t |
1504 |
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Length, m |
67.0 wl 71.1 oa |
|
Breadth, m |
10.2 |
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Draught, m |
3.60 normal 4.00 deep load |
|
No of shafts |
2 |
|
Machinery |
VTE, 2 Marine boilers |
|
Power, h. p. |
885 |
|
Max speed, kts |
11.5 |
|
Fuel, t |
coal 440 |
| Endurance, nm(kts) | 3650(10) |
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Armament |
since 1930: 1 x 1 - 88/45 SK C/13 |
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Complement |
124 |
Ship project history: Order for building of gunboat "C" was given out in 1913 and repeated in 1923. Originally planned as enlarged Iltis class, design of 1914 provided 4 105mm/45 guns and more powerful machinery with 4 boilers. Brigantine-rigged, sails area was 463 m2.
Modernizations: 1930: sailing rig was removed
1934: VTE were replaced by 2 MAN diesels (2200hp, 14.5kts, 44t of diesel oil, 1000(9)nm)
1939-1944: + 2 x 1 - 20/65 C/38
Naval service: Vessel was used primarily for survey and fishery protection. In September, 1945, she was transferred to German Institute of Hydrography but in December that year transferred to USSR on reparation and from November, 1946 served as survey vessel Ekvator.
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