Crocus-class brig-sloop

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Class overview
NameCrocus-class brig-sloop
OperatorsNaval ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  Royal Navy
In service1808 - 1825
Completed10
General characteristics
Type Brig-sloop
Tons burthen251 41⁄94 bm
Length
  • 92 ft (28.0 m) (gundeck)
  • 72 ft 8 in (22.1 m) (keel)
Beam25 ft 6 in (7.8 m)
Depth of hold12 ft 8 in (3.9 m)
Sail plan Brig rigged
Complement86
Armament

The Crocus-class brig-sloops were a class of sloop-of-war built for the Royal Navy, and were the only Royal Navy brig-sloops ever designed rated for 14 guns. The class was designed by the Surveyors of the Navy (Sir William Rule and Sir John Henslow) jointly, and approved on 28 March 1807. Unlike the vast majority of other British brig-sloops built for the Royal Navy in this wartime period, which were built by contractors, construction of the Crocus class was confined to the Admiralty's own dockyards. One vessel was ordered from each of the Royal Dockyards (except Sheerness) on 30 March 1807; four more were ordered during 1808 and a final unit in 1810. All the ships of the class survived the Napoleonic Wars and were broken up between 1815 and 1833.

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Vessels

In the following table, the Crocus-class brig-sloops are listed in the order in which they were ordered.

NameBuilderOrderedLaid downLaunchedFate
Podargus Portsmouth Dockyard30 March 1807November 180726 May 1808Sold for breaking 7 August 1833 [1]
Crocus Plymouth Dockyard30 March 1807November 180710 June 1808Sold for breaking 31 August 1815 [1]
Merope Chatham Dockyard30 March 1807November 180725 June 1808Sold for breaking 23 November 1815 [1]
Apelles Woolwich Dockyard30 March 1807February 180810 August 1808Sold for breaking 15 February 1816 [1]
Portia Deptford Dockyard30 March 1807December 180930 August 1810Sold for breaking 6 March 1817 [1]
Prospero Woolwich Dockyard23 March 1808August 18089 November 1809Sold for breaking 30 May 1816 [1]
Muros Chatham Dockyard3 May 1808June 180823 October 1809Sold for breaking 18 April 1822 [1]
Zephyr Portsmouth Dockyard9 June 1808October 180829 April 1809Sold for breaking 29 January 1818 [1]
Banterer Woolwich Dockyard19 September 1808December 18092 June 1810Sold for breaking 6 March 1817 [1]
Wolf Woolwich Dockyard8 August 1810August 181216 September 1814Sold 27 January 1825. [1] Worked as a whaler in the Pacific Ocean,
hit Wolf Rock and sank on 6 August 1837 off Lord Howe Island. [2]

Citations

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Winfield (2004), p.73.
  2. ↑ "The Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser, Saturday 16 September 1837, p.2" . Retrieved 26 August 2010.

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