HMS Meteor (1803)

	Meteor
History
Great Britain
Name	Sarah Ann
Builder	Newcastle
Launched	1800
Fate	Sold 1803
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Meteor
Acquired	1803 by purchase
Fate	Sold 1811
United Kingdom
Name	Sarah Ann
Builder	Newcastle
Acquired	1811 by purchase
Fate	Last listed 1863
General characteristics
Class and type	bomb vessel
Tons burthen	327, or 364, or 374, or 382 (bm)
Length	Overall: 103 ft (31.4 m), or 101 ft 9 in (31.0 m) ; Keel:80 ft (24.4 m);
Beam	29 ft (8.8 m), or 29 ft 5 in (9.0 m)
Depth of hold	12 ft 11 in (3.9 m)
Propulsion	Sails
Complement	67
Armament	Sarah Ann:2 × 6-pounder guns + 6 × 18-pounder carronades; Meteor:8 × 24-pounder carronades + 1 × 13" mortar + 1 × 10" mortar;

HMS Meteor was a bomb vessel of the Royal Navy. She was previously the West Indiaman Sarah Ann, launched at Newcastle upon Tyne in 1800 that the Admiralty purchased in October 1803. She conducted bombardments at Havre de Grâce, the Dardanelles, and Rosas Bay, on the Spanish coast. She was sold in 1811. she then returned to mercantile service under her original name, Sarah Ann. She continued to trade, primarily across the North Atlantic. She was last listed in 1863 with stale data.

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