HMS Gleaner (1809)

History
United Kingdom
NameGleaner
Launched1802
FateSold to Royal Navy, 1809
United Kingdom
NameHMS Gleaner
Acquired1809 by purchase
FateWrecked April 1814
General characteristics
Tons burthen1537994,[1] or 154[2] (bm)[1]
Sail planKetch
Complement30[2]
Armament
  • Survey vessel and yard lighter:2 × 12-pounder carronades[2]
  • Armed ketch: 14 × 12-pounder carronades[1]

Gleaner, later HMS Gleaner, was a ketch launched in 1802. She initially served as a light vessel and survey vessel. She served the Royal Navy as the "hired ketch Gleaner" from 12 July 1808 until the Navy purchased her in 1809. As a Royal Navy vessel, she served in the Mediterranean Sea, on the North American station, and off the north coast of Spain, participating in the capture of several vessels. She was wrecked off the north coast of Spain in 1814.

  1. ^ a b c Winfield (2008), p. 395.
  2. ^ a b c Winfield (2008), p. 399.