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For other ships with the same name, see HMS Gleaner.
HMS Gleaner in the Solent, 2013
History
United Kingdom
NameHMSML Gleaner
OperatorRoyal Navy
BuilderEmsworth
Launched18 October 1983
Sponsored byMrs. M. Read
Commissioned5 December 1983
HomeportHMNB Devonport, Plymouth
Motto
  • Fruges consumere nati
  • Latin: "Born to reap its reward"
Statusin active service
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General characteristics
Displacement22 tonnes
Length14.8 m
Beam4.7 m
Draught1.6 m
Propulsion2 × Volvo Penta TAMD 122 P-A diesel engines
Speed14 knots (16.1 mph; 25.9 km/h)
Complement9
Crew2 Officers, 1 Senior Rate, 6 Junior Rates
NotesShe uses multibeam and sidescan sonar to collect accurate data about the texture of the seabed. She is used in the shallowest of inshore waters.

HMSML Gleaner (H86) is the smallest commissioned vessel in the Royal Navy with a length of just under 15 metres and a ship's company of just 9 (2 officers, 1 Senior Rating and 6 Junior Ratings). She is currently based in Devonport, Plymouth. The ship prefix "HMSML" stands for Her Majesty's Survey Motor Launch.[citation needed]

Its cost of maintenance has increased across fiscal years 2010-2014.[1]

According to a parliamentary written reply, Gleaner will be withdrawn from service sometime before 2025.[2]

History

She is the sixth ship to bear the name Gleaner and was commissioned on 5 December 1983. With a top speed of 14 knots (26 km/h; 16 mph), Gleaner was designed to conduct inshore surveys along the south coast of England, though she has since surveyed all around the coastline of Great Britain and visited various ports in Europe.

As an advanced survey vessel, Gleaner possesses an array of sophisicated technology, including multibeam and sidescan sonar to collect bathymetry and seabed texture data and compile an accurate and detailed picture of the seabed for later analysis. Her survey equipment also includes an Applanix POS MV system for georeferencing and motion compensation, C-NAV GPS, Kongsberg EM2040 Multibeam Echo Sounder and Kongsberg EA400 Singlebeam Echo Sounder.

Gleaner also has the unique distinction of being the only Royal Navy ship to have visited landlocked Switzerland, having travelled up the Rhine to Basle in 1988.[3]

She was also in attendance at the 2010 Portsmouth Navy Days.[4][5]

References

  1. ^ https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/417891/2015-02752_FOI_request_redacted_scanned.pdf
  2. ^ http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-question/Lords/2016-04-11/HL7484/
  3. ^ HMS Gleaner (archive), royalnavy.mod.uk
  4. ^ New additions to Navy Days 2010, dalyhistory.wordpress.com, 10 June 2010
  5. ^ Navy’s Smallest Vessel on View at Navy Days 2010!, historicdockyard.co.uk, 19 April 2010

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