HMS Gleaner (H86)
HMSML Gleaner in the Solent, 2013 | |
| History | |
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| United Kingdom | |
| Name | Her Majesty's Survey Motor Launch Gleaner |
| Operator | Royal Navy |
| Builder | Emsworth |
| Launched | 18 October 1983 |
| Sponsored by | Mrs. M. Read |
| Commissioned | 5 December 1983 |
| Decommissioned | 16 February 2018 |
| Homeport | HMNB Devonport, Plymouth |
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| Status | Awaiting disposal |
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| General characteristics | |
| Displacement | 22 tonnes (22 long tons; 24 short tons) |
| Length | 14.8 m (48 ft 7 in) |
| Beam | 4.7 m (15 ft 5 in) |
| Draught | 1.6 m (5 ft 3 in) |
| Propulsion | 2 × Volvo Penta TAMD 122 P-A diesel engines |
| Speed | 14 knots (26 km/h; 16 mph) |
| Complement | 9 (2 Officers, 1 Senior Rate, 6 Junior Rates) |
| Notes | Uses multibeam and sidescan sonar to collect accurate data about the texture of the seabed. Can be used in the shallowest of inshore waters. |
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HMSML Gleaner (H86) was the smallest commissioned vessel in the Royal Navy, at the time of her decommissioning, with a length of just under 15 metres and a ship's company of just nine (two officers, one Senior Rating and six Junior Ratings). She was based in Devonport, Plymouth. The ship prefix "HMSML" stands for Her Majesty's Survey Motor Launch.
Gleaner was withdrawn from service in February 2018. A replacement vessel, HMS Magpie was commissioned in June 2018.