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Stats
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| 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 |
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History
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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 resistance
from the crew (known internally as Meteor II); bombed 9.3.45 in
Pillau and sunk, 24 dead.
* to avoid confusion, as there already was a Meteor in
KM service (a research ship).
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