HMS Crocodile

Last updated December 26, 2021

Four ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Crocodile, after the large aquatic reptile, the crocodile:

HMS Crocodile (1781) was a 24-gun sixth rate launched in 1781 and lost in 1784.
HMS Crocodile (1806) was a 22-gun sixth rate launched in 1806 and broken up in 1816.
HMS Crocodile (1825) was a 28-gun sixth rate launched in 1825. She was on harbour service from 1850 and was sold in 1861.
HMS Crocodile (1867) was an iron screw troopship launched in 1867 and sold for breaking up in 1894.

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