Gleaner-class gunboat
The Gleaner -class gunboat was a class of six gunboats built for the Royal Navy in 1854 for use in the Crimean War.
Design
The Gleaner class was designed by W.H. Walker. The ships were wooden-hulled, with steam power as well as sails, but of shallow draught for coastal bombardment in the shallow waters of the Baltic and Black Sea during the Crimean War.Propulsion
Two-cylinder horizontal single-expansion steam engines built by John Penn and Sons, with two boilers, provided 60 nominal horsepower through a single screw, sufficient for.Armament
Ships of the class were armed with one 68-pounder smooth bore muzzle loading cannon, one 32-pounder SBML and two 24-pounder howitzers.Ships
| Name | Ship builder | Launched | Fate |
| W & H Pitcher, Northfleet | 28 August 1854 | Sold for breaking January 1864, breaking up completed by Tolpult on 1 February 1864 | |
| W & H Pitcher, Northfleet | 5 September 1854 | Breaking completed on 17 February 1864 | |
| W & H Pitcher, Northfleet | 23 September 1854 | Broken up at Portsmouth in June 1864 | |
| W & H Pitcher, Northfleet | 4 October 1854 | Became a coal hulk in 1865, sold in 1906 | |
| Deptford Dockyard | 7 October 1854 | Sold at Montevideo in April 1868 | |
| Deptford Dockyard | 7 October 1854 | Broken up October 1868 |