HMS Gleaner (H86)
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| Commissioned: | 5 December 1983 |
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| Fate: | Active in service as of 2006. |
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| Length: | 16m |
| Beam: | 4.55m |
| Draught: | 1.6m |
| Propulsion: | 2 x Volvo Penta TAMD 22P diesel engines |
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| Complement: | 8 |
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| Motto: | Fruges consumere nati (Latin: "Born to reap its reward") |
HMSML Gleaner (H86) is the smallest commissioned vessel in the Royal Navy with a ship's company of 8 (2 officers and 6 ratings). She is based in Devonport, Plymouth.
She is the sixth ship to bear the name Gleaner and was commissioned on 5 December 1983. Designed to conduct inshore surveys along the south coast of England she has since surveyed all around the coastline of Great Britain and visited various ports in Europe.
Gleaner is an advanced survey vessel, which uses multibeam and sidescan sonar to collect bathymetry and seabed texture data and compile an accurate and detailed picture of the seabed.
Survey kit:
TSS POSMv positioning system
Fugro MN8qc differential GPS
Atlas Fansweep 20 Multibeam Echo Sounder
Atlas Deso 25 Singlebeam Echo Sounder
See HMS Gleaner for other ships of the same name.
