Survey Ship
Parent Type: Auxiliary & Support
Quick Facts
- Era
- 19th Century–Present
- Role
- Hydrographic vessel
- Notable For
- Mapping coasts and seabeds
Survey ships conduct hydrographic and oceanographic work.
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Classes in this Type Tree
Other / Unspecified (6)
Ships in this Type Tree
Decommissioned (10)
- HMS Echo (H87) – Echo-class survey vessel
- HMS Challenger (K07) – Oceanographic research ship
- HMS Hecla (A132) – Hecla-class survey vessel
- HMS Hydra (H83) – Hecla-class survey vessel
- HMS Beagle (H319) – Bulldog-class survey vessel
- HMS Bulldog (H91) – Bulldog-class survey vessel
- HMS Herald (H138) – Hecla-class survey vessel
- HMS Moresby (F233) – Hecla-class survey vessel
- HMS Gleaner (H86) – Inshore survey vessel
- HMS Roebuck (H130) – Hecla-class survey vessel
In service (3)
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- Fleet Headquarters Ship
- Fleet Hospital Ship
- Fleet Oiler
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- Fleet Tanker
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