HMS Crocus (1808)

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

Crocus
History
Royal Navy EnsignUnited Kingdom
NameHMS Crocus
Ordered30 March 1807
BuilderPlymouth Dockyard (M/s Joseph Tucker)
Laid downNovember 1807
Launched10 June 1808
FateSold 1815
United Kingdom
NameCrocus
OwnerDonovan
Acquired1815 by purchase
FateLast listed 1823
General characteristics [1]
Class and typeCrocus-class brig-sloop
Tons burthen250,[2] or 25562⁄94, or 260[3] (bm)
Length
  • 92 ft 1+1⁄2 in (28.1 m) (gundeck)
  • 73 ft 5+1⁄4 in (22.4 m) (keel)
Beam25 ft 7 in (7.8 m)
Depth of hold12 ft 8 in (3.9 m)
Sail planBrig rigged
Complement86
Armament

HMS Crocus was the nameship of the Crocus-class brig-sloops of the Royal Navy. She was launched in 1808 and had an almost completely uneventful career until she was sold in 1815. She then became a merchantman trading with the West Indies and the Mediterranean. She was last listed in 1823.

  1. ^ Winfield (2008), p. 309.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference LR1820 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
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