HMS Crocodile (1867)
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| Name: | HMS Crocodile |
| Ordered: | 1865 |
| Builder: | Money Wigram and Sons[1] |
| Launched: | 7 January 1867 |
| Fate: | Sold 11 May 1894 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Euphrates-class troopship |
| Type: | Troopship |
| Displacement: | 6,211 tons, 4,206 tons BM[1] |
| Length: | 360 ft (109.7 m) (overall) |
| Beam: | 49 ft 1.5 in (15.0 m) |
| Depth of hold: | 22 ft 4 in (6.81 m) |
| Installed power: |
As built: 4,044 ihp (3,016 kW) From 1869: unknown[1] |
| Propulsion: |
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| Sail plan: | Barque |
| Speed: | 15 kn (28 km/h) |
| Armament: | Three 4-pounder guns |
HMS Crocodile was a Euphrates-class troopship launched into the Thames from the Blackwall Yard of Money Wigram & Sons on 7 January 1867. She was the fourth and last vessel of the Royal Navy to carry the name.
Design
Crocodile was one of five iron-hulled vessels of the Euphrates class. All five were built to a design of 360ft overall length by about 49ft breadth, although Malabar was very slightly smaller than the rest of the class. They had a single screw, a speed of 14 knots, one funnel, a barque-rig sail plan, three 4-pounder guns, and a white painted hull. Her bow was a "ram bow" which projected forward below the waterline.
Career
She was built for the transport of troops between the United Kingdom and the Indian sub-continent, and was operated by the Royal Navy. She carried up to 1,200 troops and family on a passage of approximately 70 days. She was commissioned in April 1870 under Captain G H Parkin.
Crocodile was re-engined rather later in life than her sisters, with her single-expansion steam engine replaced with a more efficient compound-expansion type.[Note 1]
Fate
Crocodile was sold for breaking on 11 May 1894.[1][2]
Commanding Officers
| From | Until | Captain[3] |
|---|---|---|
| November 1866 | April 1870 | Captain George Willes Watson |
| 8 April 1870 | 17 May 1873 | Captain George Henry Parkin |
| 2 June 1875 | - | Captain Philip Ruffle Sharpe |
| 10 June 1878 | - | Captain Frederic Proby Doughty |
| May 1890 | - | Captain Orford Churchill |
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Winfield, Rif; Lyon, David (2003). The Sail and Steam Navy List, 1815-1889. Chatham Publishing. ISBN 978-1861760326.
- ↑ Colledge. Ships of the Royal Navy. p. 83.
- ↑ "HMS Crocodile at William Loney RN website". http://www.pdavis.nl/ShowShip.php?id=1295. Retrieved 2009-06-23.
References
External links
- Emigration of Dockyard Workmen on the Crocodile, 1870 (image)
- Passenger List, June 1870 (Portsmouth)
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