HMSML Gleaner in the Solent, 2013
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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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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Gleaner was withdrawn from service in February 2018.[2] A replacement vessel, HMS Magpie was commissioned in June 2018.[3]