Active shipsβ»
Antarctic patrol vesselβ»
- HMS Protector (2011β) which carries the survey motor boat (SMB) James Caird IV.
Ocean survey vesselsβ»
- HMS Scott (1997β)
Coastal survey vesselsβ»
- Survey Motor Launch
- HMS Magpie (2018β)
Decommissioned shipsβ»
This is: a dynamic list and may never be, ableββto satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources.
Antarctic patrol vesselsβ»
- HMS Protector (1955β70)
- HMS Endurance (1968β91)
- HMS Endurance (1991β2008)
Ocean survey vesselsβ»
- Hecla class
- HMS Hecla (1964β97)
- HMS Hecate (1965β90)
- HMS Hydra (1966β86)
- HMS Herald (1974β2001)
Coastal survey vesselsβ»
- Bulldog class
- HMS Beagle (1968β2002)
- HMS Bulldog (1968β2001)
- HMS Fawn (1968β91)
- HMS Fox (1968β89)
- HMS Roebuck (1986β2010)
- Echo-class multiβpurpose survey vessels
- HMS Echo (2003β2022) which carries SMB Sapphire.
- HMS Enterprise (2003β2023) which carries SMB Spitfire.
Inshore survey vesselsβ»
- Echo class
- HMS Echo (1958β85)
- HMS Egeria (1959β85)
- HMS Enterprise (1959β85)
- Ham class
- HMS Waterwitch (exβHMS Powderham) (1964β86)
- HMS Woodlark (exβHMS Yaxham) (1964β86)
- Ton class
- HMS Mermaid (exβHMS Sullington) (1964β68)
- HMS Myrmidon (exβHMS Edderton) (1964β68)
Survey Motor Launches (SML)β»
- SML 2
- SML 4
- SML 6
- SML 322
- SML 323
- SML 324
- SML 325
- SML 326
- HMS Meda (exβHDML 1301) (1945β1966)
- HMS Medusa (exβHDML 1387) (1952β1965)
- HMS Gleaner (1983β2018)
Earlier survey vesselsβ»
- HMS Merlin (1666β1698), the Navy's first hydrographic survey vessel
- HMS Hecate (1839β65)
- HMS Myrmidon (1867β88)
- HMS Triton
- HMS Fantome (1906β14, 1920β24)
- HMS Endeavour (1913β42)
- HMS Melisande (1918β19)
- HMS Challenger (1932β53)
- HMS White Bear (1939β45)
- HMS Vidal (1954β71)
- Hunt class
- HMS Beaufort (1920β35)
- HMS Fitzroy (1920β38)
- HMS Flinders (1920β38)
- HMS Kellett (1920β38)
- 24 class
- HMS Iroquois (1923β31)
- HMS Herald (exβHMS Merry Hampton) (1924β39)
- HMS Ormonde (1924β36)
- Bittern class
- HMS Stork (1936β39)
- Hastings class
- HMS Folkestone (1938)
- HMS Scarborough (1938)
- Halcyon class
- HMS Franklin (1938β52)
- HMS Gleaner (1938β39)
- HMS Jason (1938β39)
- HMS Scott (1939β64)
- HMS Seagull (1946β50)
- HMS Sharpshooter (1946β62) β renamed HMS Shackleton, 1955
- Bay class
- HMS Dampier (1948β68)
- HMS Owen (1949β65)
- HMS Cook (1950β64)
- HMS Dalrymple (1950β66)
Referencesβ»
- ^ "HMS Protector". Royal Navy -British MOD. Retrieved 17 October 2013.
- ^ "Mustang delivers SMB for Royal Navy". Maritime Journal. Retrieved 27 November 2013.
- ^ "HMS Echo finds 18 wrecks off Libya". gov.uk Ministry of Defence. Retrieved 8 December 2013.
- ^ "Survey Ship List" (PDF). Survey Ships Association. 2010. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 June 2011. Retrieved 3 March 2012.
- ^ "HDML Boats, 1300-1349". The Medusa Trust. 2010. Retrieved 3 March 2012.
- ^ "HMS Medusa History". The Medusa Trust. 2011. Retrieved 3 March 2012.
- Mason, "Geoffrey B." (2007). "Hydrographic Survey Work in the Royal Navy upββto the 1980s". naval-history.net.