&sq=&lang=&file=File:HMS_Gleaner_(H86)_in_the_Solent.jpg) HMSML Gleaner in the Solent, 2013
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| History | |
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| 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. |
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.[1]
Gleaner was withdrawn from service in February 2018.[2] A replacement vessel, HMS Magpie was commissioned in June 2018.[3]
- ^ "HMS Gleaner". Royal Navy. Archived from the original on 30 December 2017. Retrieved 7 March 2019.
- ^ "Royal Navy decommissions inshore survey vessel HMS Gleaner". Naval Today. 19 February 2018. Retrieved 7 March 2019.
- ^ "Royal Navy commissions new survey ship HMS Magpie". Naval Today. 29 June 2018. Retrieved 7 March 2019.