Four ships of the
Royal Navy
The Royal Navy (RN) is the naval warfare force of the United Kingdom. It is a component of His Majesty's Naval Service, and its officers hold their commissions from the King of the United Kingdom, King. Although warships were used by Kingdom ...
have carried the name HMS ''Crocus'', after the
crocus
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, a genus of flowering plants.
* was a 14-gun
sloop launched in 1808 and sold in 1815.
* was a wooden
screw
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gunboat
A gunboat is a naval watercraft designed for the express purpose of carrying one or more guns to bombard coastal targets, as opposed to those military craft designed for naval warfare, or for ferrying troops or supplies.
History Pre-steam ...
launched in 1856 and broken up in 1864.
* was an
minesweeping sloop launched in 1915 and sold in 1930.
* was a launched in 1940 and sold into civilian service in 1946 under the name ''Annlock''.
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Royal Navy ship names