The Gleaner (or Pelter)-class gunboat was a class of six gunboats built for the Royal Navy in 1854 for use in the Crimean War.
The Gleaner class was designed by W.H. Walker (who also designed the subsequent and es). The ships were wooden-hulled, with steam power as well as sails, but of shallow draught for coastal bombardment in the shallow waters of the Baltic and Black Sea during the Crimean War.
Two-cylinder horizontal single-expansion steam engines built by John Penn and Sons, with two boilers, provided 60 nominal horsepower through a single screw, sufficient for .
Ships of the class were armed with one 68-pounder smooth bore muzzle loading cannon (SBML), one 32-pounder SBML (originally two 68-pounder SBMLs were planned but the forward gun was substituted by a 32-pounder) and two 24-pounder howitzers.
| Name | Ship builder | Launched | Fate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| W & H Pitcher, Northfleet | 28 August 1854 | Sold for breaking January 1864, breaking up completed by Tolpult on 1 February 1864 | ||
| W & H Pitcher, Northfleet | 5 September 1854 | Breaking completed on 17 February 1864 | ||
| W & H Pitcher, Northfleet | 23 September 1854 | Broken up at Portsmouth in June 1864 | ||
| W & H Pitcher, Northfleet | 4 October 1854 | Became a coal hulk in 1865, sold in 1906 | ||
| Deptford Dockyard | 7 October 1854 | Sold at Montevideo in April 1868 | ||
| Deptford Dockyard | 7 October 1854 | Broken up October 1868 |