HMS Crocus (1808)
Crocus | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| United Kingdom | |
| Name | HMS Crocus |
| Ordered | 30 March 1807 |
| Builder | Plymouth Dockyard (M/s Joseph Tucker) |
| Laid down | November 1807 |
| Launched | 10 June 1808 |
| Fate | Sold 1815 |
| United Kingdom | |
| Name | Crocus |
| Owner | Donovan |
| Acquired | 1815 by purchase |
| Fate | Last listed 1823 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Crocus-class brig-sloop |
| Tons burthen | 250, or 25562⁄94, or 260 (bm) |
| Length |
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| Beam | 25 ft 7 in (7.8 m) |
| Depth of hold | 12 ft 8 in (3.9 m) |
| Sail plan | Brig rigged |
| Complement | 86 |
| Armament |
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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.