Stats| Name: | Meteor | | Type | S/P | Construction Yard
(Yard No.) | Blohm & Voss, Hamburg
(170) | | Launched | 15.3.04 | | Commissioned | 28.5.05 | | Weight, metric tons | 4018 | | Weight, BRT | 3717 | | Length, meters | 112,01 | | Width, meters | 13,47 | | Depth, meters | 4,47 | | Engines | Two 3cyl. expansion engines,
2 shafts, 2 boilers | | Horsepower, HP | 1550 induced | | Speed, knots | 10,5 | Range, nautical miles
(Max.) | ? at 10 knots using ?t coal | | Patients/Medical staff | 200/? | | Crew | 130 | | Armament | None | | Owner | Det Bergenske D/S, Bergen |
History- Completed for Hapag, Germany;
- 1914 Target and accommodation ship; 18.5.19 to UK;
- 1922 Norwegian S/P Meteor;
- Seized by Germans 27.4.40 in Bergen;
- Into service 7.5.40 as a hospital ship;
- 12.5.42 Admiral Polarküste;
- On 19.3.42 ordered renamed Rostock*, but this order was cancelled 28.5.42, due to resistancefrom the crew (known internally as Meteor II);
- Bombed 9.3.45 in Pillau and sunk, 24 dead.
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