&sq=Albert Einstein&lang=en&file=File:Hilfskreuzer_METEOR.jpg) SMS Meteor
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| History | |
|---|---|
 German Empire | |
| Name | Meteor |
| Builder | Ramage & Ferguson, Leith |
| Launched | 1903 |
| Acquired | Aug 1914 |
| Commissioned | 6 May 1915[1] |
| Fate | Scuttled to avoid capture 9 August 1915 |
| General characteristics | |
| Displacement | 3,460 tonnes (3,410 long tons) (1,912 GRT)[2] |
| Length | 89.1 m (292.3 ft) |
| Beam | 11.3 m (37.1 ft) |
| Draught | 5.1 m (16.7 ft) |
| Propulsion | 1×3 cyl III Exp, 2 boilers, 2,400 hp (1,800 kW) |
| Speed | 14 knots (26 km/h; 16 mph) |
| Range | 9,000 nm at 9 kn |
| Complement | ?[3] |
| Armament |
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SMS Meteor was an auxiliary cruiser of the Imperial German Navy which operated against Allied shipping during World War I.