List of survey vessels of the Royal Navy

Active ships

Antarctic patrol vessel

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Ocean survey vessels

• Template:HMS (1997–)

Coastal survey vessels

• Survey Motor Launch
  • Template:HMS (2018–)

Decommissioned ships

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Antarctic patrol vessels

• Template:HMS (1955–70)
• Template:HMS (1968–91)
• Template:HMS (1991–2008)

Ocean survey vessels

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  • Template:HMS (1964–97)
  • Template:HMS (1965–90)
  • Template:HMS (1966–86)
  • Template:HMS (1974–2001)

Coastal survey vessels

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  • Template:HMS (1968–2002)
  • Template:HMS (1968–2001)
  • Template:HMS (1968–91)
  • Template:HMS (1968–89)
• Template:HMS (1986–2010)
• Echo-class multi–purpose survey vessels
  • Template:HMS (2003–2022) which carries SMB Sapphire.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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• • Template:HMS (2003–2023) which carries SMB Spitfire.

Inshore survey vessels

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  • Template:HMS (1958–85)
  • Template:HMS (1959–85)
  • Template:HMS (1959–85)
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  • HMS Waterwitch (ex–HMS Powderham) (1964–86)
  • HMS Woodlark (ex–HMS Yaxham) (1964–86)
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  • HMS Mermaid (ex–HMS Sullington) (1964–68)
  • HMS Myrmidon (ex–HMS Edderton) (1964–68)

Survey Motor Launches (SML)

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• Template:HMS (1983–2018)

Earlier survey vessels

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

References

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