HMS Gleaner (J83)

HMS Gleaner was one of 21 Halcyon-class minesweepers built for the Royal Navy in the 1930s.

For other ships with the same name, see HMS Gleaner.

Sister ship HMS Hussar (J82) during World War II
History
United Kingdom
NameHMS Gleaner
Ordered13 March 1936
BuilderWilliam Gray & Company, Hartlepool
Launched10 June 1937
FateSold for scrap in 1950
General characteristics
Class and typeHalcyon-class minesweeper
Displacement
  • 830 long tons (843 t) standard
  • 1,350 long tons (1,372 t) full
Length245 ft 3 in (74.75 m) o/a
Beam33 ft 6 in (10.21 m)
Draught8 ft 9 in (2.67 m)
Installed power
  • 1,750 ihp (1,300 kW)
  • 2 × Admiralty 3-drum boilers
Propulsion
  • 2 shafts
  • 2 steam turbines
Speed16.5 knots (30.6 km/h; 19.0 mph)
Range6,000 nmi (11,000 km; 6,900 mi) at 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph)
Complement157
Armament
  • 2 × single QF 4-inch (100 mm) guns
  • 1 × quadruple Vickers .50 machine gun mount
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