Belgian minehunter Crocus

Crocus (right) in Turku
History
Belgium
Name	Crocus
Namesake	Crocus
Builder	Mercantile-Belyard Shipyard, Rupelmonde
Launched	3 September 1986
Completed	5 February 1987
Identification	MMSI number: 205208000 Callsign: ORGC
Status	in active service
General characteristics
Class & type	Tripartite-class minehunter
Displacement	536 t (528 long tons) empty 605 t (595 long tons) full load
Length	51.5 m (169 ft)
Beam	8.96 m (29.4 ft)
Height	18.5 m (61 ft)
Draught	3.6 m (12 ft)
Propulsion	1 × 1370 kW Werkspoor RUB 215 V12 diesel engine 2 × 180 kW ACEC active rudders 1 × HOLEC bow propeller
Speed	15 knots (28 km/h)
Range	3,000 nautical miles (5,600 km) at 12 knots (22 km/h)
Boats & landing craft carried	2 × rigid-hulled inflatable boats 1 × Atlas Elektronik Seafox ROV
Complement	4 officers, 15 non-commissioned officers, 17 sailors
Sensors & processing systems	1 × Thales Underwater Systems TSM 2022 Mk III Hull Mounted Sonar 1 × SAAB Bofors Double Eagle Mk III Self Propelled Variable Depth Sonar 1 × Consilium Selesmar Type T-250/10CM003 Radar
Armament	3 × 12.7 mm machine guns

Crocus (M917) is a Tripartite-class minehunter of the Belgian Naval Component, launched on 3 September 1986 at the Mercantile-Belyard shipyard in Rupelmonde and completed on 5 February 1987. The patronage of Crocus was accepted by the city of Genk. It was the third of the Belgian Tripartite-class minehunters.

In September 2025 Belgium decided that it will donate Crocus to Bulgarian Navy, along with Belgium's three other remaining Tripartite-class minehunters (Bellis, Lobelia, and Primula). ^{[1] [2]}

References

1. "Belgium and the Netherlands to transfer 7 MCM vessels to Bulgaria". Naval News. 12 September 2025.
2. Jérôme Brahy (15 September 2025). "Belgium donates last four Tripartite-class minehunters to Bulgaria to secure Black Sea naval routes". Army Recognition.

• "Crocus (6131256)" . Miramar Ship Index . Retrieved 12 September 2017.