Crocus-class brig-sloop
| Class overview | |
|---|---|
| Name: | Crocus-class brig-sloop |
| Operators: |
 Royal Navy |
| In service: | 1808 - 1825 |
| Completed: | 10 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type: | Brig-sloop |
| Tons burthen: | 251 41⁄94 bm |
| Length: |
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| Beam: | 25 ft 6 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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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; four more were ordered in 1808 and a final unit in 1810. All the ships of the class survived the Napoleonic Wars and were broken up between 1815 and 1815.
Vessels
In the following table, the Crocus-class brig-sloops are listed in the order in which they were ordered.
| Name | Builder | Launched | Fate |
|---|---|---|---|
| Podargus | Portsmouth Dockyard | 26 May 1808 | Sold for breaking 7 August 1833[1] |
| Crocus | Plymouth Dockyard | 10 June 1808 | Sold for breaking 31 August 1815[1] |
| Merope | Chatham Dockyard | 25 June 1808 | Sold for breaking 23 November 1815[1] |
| Apelles | Woolwich Dockyard | 10 August 1808 | Sold for breaking 15 February 1816[1] |
| Portia | Deptford Dockyard | 30 August 1810 | Sold for breaking 6 March 1817[1] |
| Prospero | Woolwich Dockyard | 9 November 1809 | Sold for breaking 30 May 1816[1] |
| Muros | Chatham Dockyard | 23 October 1809 | Sold for breaking 18 April 1822[1] |
| Zephyr | Portsmouth Dockyard | 29 April 1809 | Sold for breaking 29 January 1818[1] |
| Banterer | Woolwich Dockyard | 2 June 1810 | Sold for breaking 6 March 1817[1] |
| Wolf | Woolwich Dockyard | 16 September 1814 | Sold 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] |
References
- British Warships in the Age of Sail, Rif Winfield, Seaforth Publishing, 2007. ISBN 978-1-84415-717-4
- Winfield, Rif & Lyon, David (2004). The Sail and Steam Navy List: All the Ships of the Royal Navy 1815–1889. London: Chatham Publishing. ISBN 978-1-86176-032-6. OCLC 52620555.