List of survey vessels of the Royal Navy

Active ships

Antarctic patrol vessel

* (2011–) which carries the survey motor boat (SMB) ''James Caird IV''.

Ocean survey vessels

* (1997–)

Coastal survey vessels

* ''Echo''-class multi–purpose survey vessels
** (2003–) which carries SMB ''Sapphire''.
** (2003–) which carries SMB ''Spitfire''.
* Survey Motor Launch
** (2018–)

Decommissioned ships

Antarctic patrol vessels

* (1955–70)
* (1968–91)
* (1991–2008)

Ocean survey vessels

*
** (1964–97)
** (1965–90)
** (1966–86)
** (1974–2001)

Coastal survey vessels

*
** (1968–2002)
** (1968–2001)
** (1968–91)
** (1968–89)
* (1986–2010)

Inshore survey vessels

*
** (1958–85)
** (1959–85)
** (1959–85)
*
** HMS ''Waterwitch'' (ex–HMS ''Powderham'') (1964–86)
** 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)

* SML 2
* SML 4
* SML 6
* SML 322
* SML 323
* SML 324
* SML 325
* SML 326
* (ex– HDML 1301) (1945–1966)
* (ex– HDML 1387) (1952–1965)
* (1983–2018)

Earlier survey vessels

* (1666–1698), the Navy's first hydrographic survey vessel
* (1839–65)
* (1867–88)
*
* (1906–14, 1920–24)
* (1913–42)
* (1918–19)
* (1932–53)
* (1939–45)
* (1954–71)
*
** (1920–35)
** (1920–38)
** (1920–38)
** (1920–38)
*
** (1923–31)
** HMS ''Herald'' (ex–HMS ''Merry Hampton'') (1924–39)
** (1924–36)
*
** (1936–39)
*
** (1938)
** (1938)
*
** (1938–52)
** (1938–39)
** (1938–39)
** (1939–64)
** (1946–50)
** (1946–62) – renamed HMS ''Shackleton'', 1955
*
** (1948–68)
** (1949–65)
** (1950–64)
** (1950–66)

References

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