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'''HMSML ''Gleaner'' (H86)''' is the smallest commissioned vessel in the ] with a ship's company of 8 (2 officers and 6 ratings). She is based in ], ]. '''HMSML ''Gleaner'' (H86)''' is the smallest commissioned vessel in the ] with a ship's company of 8 (2 officers and 6 ratings). She is based in ], ].

She is the sixth ship to bear the name Gleaner and was commissioned on ] ]. 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. She is the sixth ship to bear the name Gleaner and was commissioned on ] ]. 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 ] to collect bathymetry and seabed texture data and compile an accurate and detailed picture of the seabed. Gleaner is an advanced survey vessel, which uses multibeam and sidescan ] to collect bathymetry and seabed texture data and compile an accurate and detailed picture of the seabed.

Survey kit:<BR/> Survey kit:<BR/>
TSS POSMv positioning system<BR/> TSS POSMv positioning system<BR/>

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Career RN Ensign
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Commissioned: 5 December 1983
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Fate: Template:Ship fate box active in service
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General Characteristics
Displacement:
Length: 16m
Beam: 4.55m
Draught: 1.6m
Propulsion: 2 x Volvo Penta TAMD 22P diesel engines
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Range:
Complement: 8
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Aircraft:
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.

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