List of survey vessels of the Royal Navy explained
Active ships
Antarctic patrol vessel
- (2011–) which carries the survey motor boat (SMB) James Caird IV.[1] [2]
Ocean survey vessels
Coastal survey vessels
Decommissioned ships
Antarctic patrol vessels
- (1955–70)
- (1968–91)
- (1991–2008)
Ocean survey vessels
-
- (1965–90)
- (1966–86)
- (1974–2001)
Coastal survey vessels
Inshore survey vessels
-
- (1959–85)
- (1959–85)
- HMS Woodlark (ex–HMS Yaxham) (1964–86)
- HMS Mermaid (ex–HMS Sullington) (1964–68)
- HMS Myrmidon (ex–HMS Edderton) (1964–68)
Survey Motor Launches (SML)
Earlier survey vessels
- (1666–1698), the Navy's first hydrographic survey vessel
- (1839–65)
- (1867–88)
- (1913–42)
- (1918–19)
- (1932–53)
- (1939–45)
- (1954–71)
-
- (1920–38)
- (1920–38)
- (1920–38)
- HMS Herald (ex–HMS Merry Hampton) (1924–39)
- (1924–36)
- (1938)
- (1938–39)
- (1938–39)
- (1939–64)
- (1946–50)
- (1946–62) – renamed HMS Shackleton, 1955
- (1949–65)
- (1950–64)
- (1950–66)
References
Notes and References
- Web site: HMS Protector. Royal Navy -British MOD. 17 October 2013.
- Web site: Mustang delivers SMB for Royal Navy. Maritime Journal. 27 November 2013.
- Web site: HMS Echo finds 18 wrecks off Libya . 8 December 2013 . gov.uk Ministry of Defence.
- Web site: Survey Ship List . Survey Ships Association . 2010 . 3 March 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110626071025/http://www.surveyships.org.uk/Membership/Shiplist.pdf . 26 June 2011 . dead .
- Web site: HDML Boats, 1300-1349 . The Medusa Trust . 2010 . 3 March 2012.
- Web site: HMS Medusa History . The Medusa Trust . 2011 . 3 March 2012.