 SMS Meteor was an aviso of the Imperial German Navy , the lead ship of her class . She had one sister ship , Comet . She was built by the Germaniawerft shipyard . Her keel was laid in 1888 ; she was launched in January 1890 , and completed in May 1891 . Her career was limited due to poor handling and excessive vibration ; she remained on active service only until 1895 . She was used as a harbor guard ship from 1904 to 1911 , after which she became a barracks ship in Kiel . Meteor was sold for scrap in 1919 and subsequently dismantled . 
